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A Look At New Medi-Cal Palliative Care Regulation That Went Into Effect Earlier This Year

KPCC offers information about the new regulation that allows patients with congestive heart failure, advanced cancer, liver disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to get more services to address suffering associated with their illness.

Nurses Closely Watching ‘Fair Share’ Supreme Court Case That Could Potentially ‘Cripple’ Calif. Unions

The court is hearing a case on a rule that requires non-union employees at union-affiliated workplaces to pay “fair share” fees. Public sector employees who are not union members are required to pay these fees because the union’s collective bargaining is meant to benefit all employees equally.

Trump Sees Mental Institutions For Troubled Youth As Solution To Shootings. Experts Say Idea Is ‘Ridiculous.’

“Most of these shooters are angry, antisocial individuals you cannot spot in advance, and even if you could, you don’t have the right to institutionalize them.” said Dr. Michael Stone, a forensic psychiatrist at Columbia University. Meanwhile, mental health experts are disturbed by the derisive language President Donald Trump has been using. Media outlets also take a look at the gun research and laws that might come from the shooting.

California AG To Assign Team Of Lawyers To Focus On Fighting Pollution

“The harsh reality is that some communities in California — particularly low-income communities and communities of color — continue to bear the brunt of pollution from industrial development, poor land-use decisions, transportation, and trade corridors,” said California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.

Liberal Group Taps Into Enthusiasm For Universal Coverage But Offers More Fiscally Moderate Blueprint

The Center for American Progress’ “Medicare Extra For All” plan would maintain a role for employers and insurers, and use Medicare’s thrifty payment system as framework to pool working-age people, low-income people now covered by Medicaid and seniors.