Trump’s Cancer Panel Says Urgent Action Needed On Rising Drug Cost

A White House advisory panel on Tuesday called for urgent action to address the rising cost of cancer drugs.

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Insurers Get Into Care, but is it Good for Your Health?

In the not-too-distant future, your health insurance, your prescription drugs and some of your treatment may come from the same company.

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Villaraigosa Challenges Newsom to One-on-One Debate Over Single-Payer Healthcare

Antonio Villaraigosa on Monday challenged his top rival in the governor’s race, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, to a one-on-one debate over the viability of a state-sponsored single-payer healthcare system in California.

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1 In 5 Californians Would Skip On Health Insurance Without Tax Penalty

Without the threat of a tax penalty, one in five Californians would not have signed up for health insurance this year, Harvard University researchers discovered as a part of a survey released Thursday.

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CAHP Supports Enacting a State-Based Individual Mandate

In the wake of the federal government’s November, 2017 decision to eliminate the individual mandate to buy health insurance effective in January, 2019, the California Association of Health Plans is urging state leaders to enact a state-based individual mandate as a way to stabilize California’s health care marketplace and protect the significant gains California has made under the

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HHS’ Alex Azar urges ‘bolder action’ on Value-Based Healthcare

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Monday that value-based healthcare "needs to accelerate dramatically" in the U.S., calling for a range of changes to the healthcare system that he said would provide more tools to give consumers more control over their care.

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