In summary Prop. 34 is about healthcare spending. But it also would likely quash the controversial AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s fight for rent control. Welcome to CalMatters,…
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In summary California’s health care industry mostly united behind Proposition 35, which would bolster Medi-Cal by dedicating money for it from a tax on health insurance…
In summary A strain of bird flu that imperiled California poultry and cattle has jumped to people. In humans, the symptoms are mild and the virus…
In summary A Catholic hospital in rural California agreed to provide emergency abortions after the state sued it, alleging it denied care to a woman who…
In summary Government agencies can overrule an insurance company’s denial of coverage for a medically necessary mental health treatment, but figuring out how to appeal can…
In summary California requires insurers to cover medically necessary mental health treatment. But to patients, the separation between what that law requires and what health plans…
In summary The strike is the second one in a little more than two years by California mental health workers at Kaiser Permanente. The last one…
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In summary The strike would be the second one in a little more than two years by California mental health workers at Kaiser Permanente. The clock…
In summary A California ballot measure would dedicate tax revenue to pay doctors more if they see low-income patients with Medi-Cal insurance. Its critics worry the…