Latest California Healthline Stories
A Gift For Democrats? Moderate Republicans Cringe Over Trump Administration’s Health Law Decision
The Justice Department’s announcement that it won’t defend the health law provision that protects people with pre-existing conditions hands a potentially powerful political weapon to the Democrats ahead of the midterm elections. Meanwhile, media outlets take a look at how the decision will affect the marketplace, and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra vows to redouble his energies defending the law.
The hospital wants to work with the union to readjust shifts, but the union said the hospital is using the threat of layoffs to strong-arm employee concessions.
‘There’s A Sense Of Relief. There’s A Sense Of Release’: AMA To Mull Aid-In-Dying Ethics Code
“The mere fact that they’re considering it again tells you that it’s a changing climate,” said Art Caplan, a professor of bioethics and head of the division of medical ethics at New York University School of Medicine. “The reality is there are many more doctors in the AMA, but also outside the AMA, who have changed their minds about this.”
California Takes Steps To Increase Access To Anti-Overdose Medication
The California Department of Public Health issued a standing order for naloxone in a move geared toward helping parts of the state where there are physician shortages and treatment facilities often struggle to find a doctor who will write a standing order for the medication.
Doctors Are On Front Lines Of Dealing With Deep Economic Disparities In California
Many of the state’s children are coping with chronic diseases that are preventable in third-world countries and severe trauma that has lasting psychical symptoms.
California GOP Candidates Strike Back Against Single-Payer
Democrats have been looking at health care as a winning issue in the upcoming mid-term elections, but California Republicans are saying “not so fast.”
Proposal To Extend Health Care To Undocumented Adults Rejected During Budget Negotiations
The budget deal reached by Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic leaders, however, will boost spending on the homeless crisis by $600 million.
Viewpoints: Stop Ignoring Impending Funding Shortfalls For Medicare
A selection of opinions on health care developments from around the state.
Mysterious Brain Injuries Prompt State Department To Issue Health Alert For All Of China
U.S. personnel have experienced symptoms of a mysterious illness after hearing strange sounds. American diplomats had experienced similar symptoms in Cuba, and the United States said the Americans were targets of “specific attacks” there.
Trump’s Proposed $15B In Spending Cuts Passes Through House On Closer-Than-Expected Vote
Some lawmakers have been reluctant to pass the legislation as it targets unused funds for the popular CHIP program. But the measure, which passed 210-206, would take a mostly symbolic whack at government spending because it would basically eliminate leftover funding that wouldn’t have been spent anyway.