March 21, 2012, 12:05 AM
As the second anniversary of the health care reform law approaches, California health advocates hailed the changes that have been made and those on the horizon. They also noted the difficulties for California, which is emerging as one of the most aggressive states in implementing reform. While...
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February 15, 2012, 12:05 AM
As California continues to forge ahead implementing health reform, state Medi-Cal leaders and UC Davis researchers announced an agreement to examine public health system transformation efforts that may serve as models for the nation. The researchers will evaluate public hospital systems as...
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August 25, 2011, 12:05 AM
A bill that would give government agencies a strong hand in determining health insurance rates was lobbied by at least six dozen groups between April and July. This makes it possibly the most controversial of the bills before legislative appropriations committees as they move to clear their...
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July 1, 2011, 12:05 AM
As many as 220,000 uninsured children in California will be excluded from health care reform programs because of their or their parents' immigration status, according to an analysis released yesterday. When fully implemented in 2014, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...
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May 23, 2011, 12:05 AM
Last week federal authorities announced the latest power granted to states under the health reform law: Regulators can scrutinize proposed health insurance rate hikes of 10 percent or more. The news did little to change the landscape in California or to diffuse differences over a proposed bill...
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October 5, 2010, 12:05 AM
Two California counties will receive more than $775,000 in federal funding to reduce sodium intake in their communities, particularly at restaurants and schools. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday announced $1.9 million in grants for sodium-reduction initiatives,...
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September 22, 2010, 12:05 AM
Rather than implement a major portion of federal health reform, several big health insurers are saying they will no longer cover ailing children meant to benefit under the new law. Part of the Obama administration's health reform law kicks in tomorrow, mandating insurers to cover children...
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July 6, 2010, 12:05 AM
A bill moving through the legislature would potentially save Medi-Cal $13 million per year if doctors are not paid for care that leaves patients infected, burned or ridden with a serious bedsore. The point of the law, though, is not to save money. Rather, it’s to spur hospitals and...
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March 22, 2010, 12:04 AM
A Center for Responsive Politics analysis of lobbying records shows a nearly 300 percent increase in the number of organizations seeking to influence the health care reform bill. Their analysis looks at the number of lobbying clients registered with the Senate Office of Public Records at the...
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March 16, 2010, 12:07 AM
California politicians lined up to take their shots at Anthem Blue Cross over its plan to boost rate increases by 39 percent in recent weeks. But a prominent voice (and one who is not running for office) emerged this week questioning whether the pitchfork-pumping is directed at the only...
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