Latest California Healthline Stories
Candidates Have Not Addressed Health-Related Measures
Neither Democratic gubernatorial nominee Phil Angelides nor Gov. Schwarzenegger has stated positions on a measure to fund health care programs by increasing the state tobacco tax. San Diego-Union Tribune.
Illinois Launches Children’s Health Insurance Program
The program allows parents of uninsured children to pay a monthly income-based premium for health insurance that in most cases will cost less than private health coverage. Los Angeles Times.
No Link Found Between Autism, Vaccines
The use of a mercury-based preservative in vaccines is not responsible for the development of autism in children, a study finds. A California law banning vaccines with the preservative in some cases took effect July 1. Bloomberg/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
Exemptions Issued to Proof-of-Citizenship Law
CMS issued regulations on the Medicaid proof-of-citizenship law that correct a “scrivener’s error” in the law’s language. Washington Post et al.