Latest California Healthline Stories
With Individual Mandate Scrapped, Employers Say ‘It’s Our Turn’
Employers have long-chafed at what they see as the onerous rules that came with the Affordable Care Act. But now that Congress has killed the individual mandate, employers say that their requirements should be the next to go. Meanwhile, becomes the first state to get approval to impose work requirements on Medicaid beneficiaries.
African-American Women Struggle To Break Into Profession Dominated By White Men
Three Bay area physicians tell their stories about being apart of the small minority of female African-American doctors in the country.
Patient In Wheelchair Shown Discharged From Hospital In Middle Of Night In Only A Gown
The incident comes on the heels of a woman in Maryland being released onto the streets in an incoherent state dressed only in a gown, as well. The events highlight the practice of “patient dumping” something that California, with a high homeless population struggles with.
A leak at the Southern California Gas Co. storage facility has resulted in negative health consequences for the residents who live near the plant, advocates say.
Package Of New Bills Would Try To Better Battle Valley Fever
Part of the problem is that doctors don’t know how to diagnose the sickness and often confuse it with the flu. The proposed legislation would change the way the state diagnoses and tracks Valley Fever, improve physician training and add safety requirements for at-risk construction workers.
California Goes On Offense To Combat Maternal Deaths — And Sees Success
The California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative provides doctors and nurses with recommendations and toolkits to help improve procedures and safety protocols for obstetric emergencies, including hemorrhage and preeclampsia, the most common causes of U.S. maternal mortality
Hospitals across the state are sending away ambulances, flying in nurses from out of state and not letting children visit their loved ones for fear they’ll spread the flu. Meanwhile, the death toll just keeps climbing.
Viewpoints: Work Requirements Perpetuate Stereotype That Low-Income Americans Are ‘Parasites’
A selection of opinions on health care developments from around the state.
Trump To Undergo First Physical Exam In Office Amid Chatter Over State Of His Cognitive Health
President Donald Trump said he would “be surprised” if it didn’t go well. Meanwhile, a group of more than 70 psychologists, psychiatrists and mental health professionals urge the physician conducting the exam to assess the president’s neurological health.
Legal Challenge To Medicaid Work Requirements Already Brewing, But CMS Says Law Is On Its Side
Critics of the new guidelines that will allow states to impose the requirements on some of their Medicaid enrollees say the policy is a contradiction of the purpose of Medicaid, and thus needs an act of Congress to change it. But CMS Administrator Seema Verma says she thinks the agency acted well within its rights. Meanwhile, outlets offer a look on where state leaders stand on the issue.