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California To Begin Doling Out Money Saved From Measure Keeping Fewer People Behind Bars
Nearly 60 public agencies — including cities and counties, health and human services divisions and probation and law enforcement departments — have submitted program proposals released last week.
California Activists Behind Planned Parenthood Videos Charged With 15 Felonies
Prosecutors say David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt filmed 14 people without permission between October 2013 and July 2015 in Los Angeles, San Francisco and El Dorado counties. The videos added fuel to congressional Republicans’ crusade against the organization.
Spared From Drastic Cuts Under GOP Bill, Medi-Cal Will Continue Operating Normally
“We’ve already started working with an eye toward 2018 in terms of getting the best value for our consumers and providing the benefits that help bring that health care within reach and get them access to the care that they need,” says James Scullary, spokesman for Covered California.
Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Increase Mental Health Services For Veterans
“Our veterans have served this country bravely and it is only right for us to recognize their contribution and see that when they do come home they receive the care and assistance they deserve,” said state Sen. Janet Nguyen of Garden Grove.
New Site Launches Amid Trend Toward Rating Performance Of Individual Doctors
The new website is the first time in California that major health insurance companies have aggregated their claims information and worked together with a coalition of physicians and others to create a system that begins to measure physicians in every market up and down the state.
Hundreds Of Teens Protest Candy-Flavored Tobacco At Capitol
The protesters say the the flavored tobacco is deliberately targeting young people.
Bill Aims To Control Health Costs With New Rules On Large Hospital Systems
State Sen. Bill Monning’s measure would ban certain contracting practices between large health systems and insurers that some patient advocates say lead to higher costs for consumers.
Eyes Turn Back To Future Of Insurance Subsidies After Replacement Bill Collapse
Republicans could gut much of the Affordable Care Act by taking action to halt insurer payments, which House GOP lawmakers are already challenging in court.
Democrats’ Ads Go After Republicans Who Supported Failed GOP Replacement Plan
Rep. Mimi Walters of Irvine is one target of the ad campaign. “It’s critical that voters in California’s 45th District know where Walters stood on this harmful legislation,” Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Ben Ray Luján said in a statement.
Future Of Medi-Cal Remains Uncertain Even After Defeat Of GOP’s Health Bill
It’s still unclear what administrative changes President Donald Trump might make in the Medicaid system.