Latest California Healthline Stories
Debate Over Pricey Drug Developed At UCLA Offers Snapshot Of Nationwide Issue
Advocacy groups insist that consumers will be hurt if the university issues a patent on the cancer drug.
Calif. Legislature Steps Into Tense Fight Over Tobacco Tax, Medi-Cal Funding
A debate is raging between doctors groups and the governor over what to do with the money brought in from the state’s new tobacco tax.
Potential Surgical Center Location Pits Pilots Against City
Pilots say that the center’s location near the Bermuda Dunes Airport’s runway endangers patients.
Officials Confirm Another Botulism Death — But It’s Unrelated To Outbreak Linked To Nacho Cheese
Before these incidents, there had only been one death from foodborne botulism in the state of California in the past two decades.
Eden Health District Board Approves New CEO
Michael Mahoney will replace longtime Eden Health District CEO Dev Mahadevan, who will retire in July.
Critics Of Calif. Bill Regulating Dialysis Centers Claim It Will Drive Up Costs
The Senate bill requires specific staffing ratios, yearly inspections and establishing transition times between patients for each station.
California Lawmakers React To CBO Score: ‘I Feel Like I’m In A Bad Dream’
Media outlets offer a look at what the state’s lawmakers are saying about the Congressional Budget Office’s analysis of the American Health Care Act.
Republicans Should ‘Throw Their Bill In The Trash Can,’ Democrats Galvanized By CBO Analysis Say
Democrats say the report should be the final nail in the coffin for Republicans’ current legislative proposals to dismantle the Affordable Care Act.
Senators Rush For Distance From CBO Report: ‘The AHCA Is A First Step, But Not The Solution’
Now that the legislation has been scored by the Congressional Budget Office, the Senate can officially move forward with its own plans. But lawmakers in the upper chamber were quick to say their version will look different than the one that passed the House.
GOP Plan Would Result In 23 Million More Uninsured, Potentially Soaring Costs For Sickest Americans
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office releases its score for the amended American Health Care Act passed by the House earlier this month.