MORE ON: health insurance

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... + read more

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... + read more

A controversial bill that would allow state regulators to prohibit “excessive” health insurance rate increases was passed by a key legislative committee yesterday. The bill would allow health insurance regulators to approve, deny or modify proposed hikes in health insurance... + read more

Research from UC San Francisco suggests that Medi-Cal, California's version of Medicaid, could save money and decrease abortion rates by allowing women to stockpile the pill. The study, which was first published online in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, found that low-income women... + read more

Three million Californians in 2007 were enrolled in high-deductible health plans of $1,000 or more, which can cause policyholders to delay care, according to a report released yesterday by UCLA researchers. The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research examined the health plan enrollment of the... + read more

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... + read more