Author: Mark Wrede

  “President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, shared a debate stage June 27 for the first time since 2020, in a confrontation that — because of strict debate rules — managed to avoid the near-constant interruptions […]

  “The debt purchase measure is part of a larger county initiative that includes efforts to prevent the debt from accumulating in the first place, such as boosting hospital financial assistance programs and tracking hospital debt collection practices.”     Los Angeles County Approves Medical […]

  “The money is from a tax on managed-care health plans that’s been around for two decades but has historically been used to offset existing state spending rather than support new investments in Medi-Cal.”     California Leaders Tussle With Health Industry Over Billions of […]

  “Agency officials said they hope to save money and make critical health care forms, applications, websites, and other information available to more people in what they call the nation’s most linguistically diverse state.”     ¿Cómo Se Dice? California Loops In AI To Translate […]

  “If the Affordable Care Act were terminated, ‘that would mean over a hundred million Americans will lose protections for preexisting conditions.’—President Joe Biden in a campaign advertisement, May 8″     Biden’s on Target About What Repealing ACA Would Mean for Preexisting Condition Protections […]