Latest California Healthline Stories
Older, Poorer Californians Disproportionately Affected By GOP Health Plan
The legislation caps the tax credits to help buy coverage at significantly less than the average subsidy a 60-year-old in California currently receives under the ACA.
Trump Picks Bush Alum With Deep Ties To Pharma, Wall Street As FDA Nominee
Scott Gottlieb, a physician who left the FDA in 2007, is a consultant to GlaxoSmithKline’s product investment board; a managing director at T.R. Winston & Company merchant bank, which specializes in health care; and a clinical assistant professor at New York University School of Medicine.
$10M Community Clinic Will Be Designed To Serve Mentally Disabled
The new Santa Rosa clinic will feature physical therapy and specially designed dental operating rooms to accommodate wheelchairs and gurneys, as well as sedation dentistry, a medical procedure where patients are given sedative drugs to reduce patient fear and anxiety.
Travel Ban Would Hit LA’s Doctors Particularly Hard
“Los Angeles is actually the metro area in the United States which has the highest number of doctors from the banned countries,” according to Jonathan Roth, a Harvard PhD student and one of the researchers who worked on the Immigrant Doctors Project.
Expected Infusion Of Cash For Purchase Of Sonoma West Medical Center Is MIA
The hospital has been under financial strain for several years now.
Judge Waives Law Barring Vocational Nurses From Administering Naloxone
The California prison system, which is facing an epidemic of opioid overdoses, employs about 2,000 registered nurses and about 1,800 licensed vocational nurses. Previously, only registered nurses could administer the anti-overdose medication.
With Bill, State Lawmaker Wants To Move Away From Criminalizing HIV
California law says it’s a felony for an HIV-positive person to have unprotected sex without informing their partner that they are infected.
Republicans Expecting Bad News From CBO’s Coverage And Costs Analysis
The Congressional Budget Office is expected to release its projections on the Republicans’ new health care plan as early as Monday.
The Americans With The Most To Lose Under GOP’s Plan? Trump Voters
The proposal will hit older, low-income rural people the hardest.
Viewpoints: Single-Payer System Just A Dream; Legal Marijuana Challenges
A selection of opinions on health care developments from around the state.