Latest California Healthline Stories
California To Dole Out $20M In Emergency Grants To Health Clinics
The move is in response to the threat of cuts for federal funding.
ER Visits For Medi-Cal Patients Jumped 75% Under Affordable Care Act
Experts say people still don’t know when it’s appropriate to go to the ER.
Viewpoints: The Costs Of Single-Payer Go Beyond Tax Increases
A selection of opinions on health care developments from around the state.
Democrats, as to be expected, are on the attack over the way Republicans are crafting the health law replacement legislation in secrecy, but even some GOP lawmakers are voicing concerns. Meanwhile, conservatives start to raise red flags about the measure’s failure to curb spending.
Advocates Urge Stanislaus County To Adopt Laura’s Law
BHRS director Rick DeGette said a consultant is researching the law and talking to other counties about their Laura’s Law programs, to find out what works best.
Conference Brings Conversion Therapy Debate To California
Medical and mental health organizations have spoken out vocally against the practice, and protesters are expected at the event.
Judge Expected To Rule In Case Challenging Aid-In-Dying Law On Friday
California’s Attorney General Xavier Becerra has argued that the suit should be dismissed because doctors aren’t bound to issue these prescriptions and the law merely offers patients a choice.
Despite Controversy Surrounding It, Tobacco Tax Plan Easily Passes Legislature
Medical groups backed the Prop. 56 expecting the revenue to go to reimbursement rates, but they were disappointed with the final budget plan.
Covered California’s Plan B For Insurer Subsidies Is ‘Best-Worst Option’
“We need something that health plans can rely upon throughout 2018,” Covered California Executive Director Peter Lee said.
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon and four other state officials face involuntary manslaughter charges stemming from the government’s failure to alert the majority-black population about Legionnaires’ disease in the Flint area. That outbreak is linked to the city’s lead-contaminated water and caused the death of an 85-year-old man.