Unbelievably, some California hospitals have asked State Attorney General Becerra to cut back on their charity care requirements – by as much as 80%. Meanwhile, millions of uninsured and underinsured Californians are left unable to pay their hospital bills. Hospitals want to cut back on […]
Between higher deductibles and narrower networks, patients are paying larger portions of their medical bills. To solve their problem, hospitals are teaming with banks to offer loans. By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health Network Laura Cameron, then three months pregnant, tripped and fell in a parking […]
Couple Makes Millions Off Medicaid Managed Care As Oversight Lags Chad Terhune. February 16, 2018. California Healthline CHULA VISTA, Calif. — Norma Diaz and her husband, Joseph Garcia, have dedicated their careers to running a nonprofit health insurer that covers some of California’s neediest residents. […]
Single-Payer Health Care in California? Why Advocates Are Playing the Long Game By Laurel Rosenhall. FEBRUARY 16, 2018. KQED News. Excerpts only. Read complete article here. By many measures the rambunctious campaign for a single-payer health care system in California appears to be floundering. . . […]
Brian Rinker. February 13, 2018. Republished courtesy of California HealthLine. Original article here. A new report forecasts a substantial shortage of qualified and diverse behavioral health professionals in California within 10 years, leaving minority patients and those outside major metropolitan areas especially underserved. If nothing is […]
The most underrated argument for single-payer health care By Ryan Cooper. February 15, 2018. The Week. Excerpts only. Read complete article here. If there’s one constant in modern American life, it’s paperwork and bills — and it’s rarely worse than it is for health […]
Upsurge Of Suburban Poor Discover Health Care’s Nowhere Land By Elaine Korry. Feb 9, 2018. Kaiser Health News. The promise of cheaper housing brought Shari Castaneda to Palmdale, Calif., in northern Los Angeles County, about nine years ago. The single mom with five kids had […]
California confronts the complexities of creating a single-payer healthcare system By MICHAEL HILTZIK. FEB 09, 2018. Los Angeles Times. Excerpts only. Read complete article here. California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon may have expected to torpedo the idea of a statewide single-payer healthcare system for the long term […]
CNN Exclusive: California launches investigation following stunning admission by Aetna medical director Story by Wayne Drash. Feb 11, 2018. CNN Excerpts only. Read complete article here. California’s insurance commissioner has launched an investigation into Aetna after learning a former medical director for the insurer admitted under […]