Latest California Healthline Stories
Amazon Partners With Berkshire Hathaway, JPMorgan To Tackle ‘Ballooning’ Employee Health Care Costs
The three corporate giants will create an independent company that will focus on technology to provide simplified, high-quality health care for their employees at a reasonable cost, the companies say. The health care industry has been nervously anticipating Amazon’s entry as a competitor.
Confusion Over Individual Mandate Reigns As Enrollment Deadline Inches Closer
Covered California officials say they’re fielding questions about whether the individual mandate is in effect for this year. It is.
Bill Requiring Public Universities To Offer Medication Abortion Passes Calif. Senate
Medication abortion can be administered up to 10 weeks into a pregnancy. One medication is administered in the clinic and a patient is given a second drug to take later at home.
‘Together We Have Made Real Progress’: Cecile Richards Steps Down As Planned Parenthood Leader
The organization has come under intense fire in recent years that’s only intensified under the Trump administration and the Republican-controlled Congress.
Attorneys general from New York and Minnesota allege the Department of Health and Human Services made its decision to stop money that went to insurers to help pay for low-income patients without proper justification.
Ventura Sees ‘Alarming’ Uptick In Number Of HIV Cases For The Year
Other sexually transmitted diseases are also on the rise in the county and across the state, as well.
Husband-Wife Duo Indicted In Case Involving Pharmacy Scam On San Diego Marines
The charges accuse the couple of defrauding the military’s health insurance system TRICARE.
Activist Who Helped Spark Calif.’s Medical Marijuana Movement Dies
Dennis Peron, a friend of slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk, helped push through a San Francisco ordinance that allowed the use of medical marijuana. That was seen as a precursor to the statewide legalization of medical pot in 1996 with the passage of California Proposition 215.
UC System Nurses Protest, Saying Contract Proposals Would Be A Step Backward
The nurses say the changes the University of California wants to make would impede patient care.
Lawmakers Introducing Package Of Bills Focused On Improving Maternal Mental Health
One bill would help bring federal money to California to develop programs and awareness campaigns. Another would require doctors to screen new moms for depression.