Latest California Healthline Stories
Health Care Leaders Await Schwarzenegger’s Health Care Policies
Health care leaders say that with little information on Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger’s (R) stance on health care, it remains “anyone’s best guess” how the new administration’s future policies will affect the state’s health care system, the Contra Costa Times reports.
State To Place Medical Device Additive on List of Chemicals Related to Health Risks
The California Environmental Protection Agency this week is expected to vote to place a chemical compound known as DEHP on a state list of chemicals linked to cancer or reproductive health problems, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Washington Post Continues Series on Prescription Drug Safety
The Washington Post on Tuesday continued a five-day series, titled “Pharmaceutical Roulette,” that focuses on prescription drug safety issues in the United States.
Newspapers Examine Issues Related to Drug Addiction
California Healthline highlights three feature articles related to drug addiction published on Monday and Tuesday.
Unionized mechanics who have been on strike since Oct. 14 have agreed to discuss on Tuesday a new Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority proposal that proposes the union and MTA share control of the mechanics’ health care fund, as the union has requested, if the union agrees to bear financial responsibility for future fund cost overruns, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Health Care Issues Likely To Play Large Role in 2004 Presidential Campaigns, Pollsters Predict
Health care issues will likely play a large role in the 2004 presidential campaign, Democratic and Republican pollsters said Monday in a forum sponsored by the Alliance for Health Reform, Long Island Newsday reports.
Medicare Conferees Agree To Allow Federal Government To Guarantee Prescription Drug Coverage
Negotiators attempting to reconcile the House and Senate Medicare bills (HR 1 and S 1) reached an agreement late Monday on a provision that would require the federal government to intervene and provide prescription drug coverage to Medicare beneficiaries in areas where fewer than two private plans decide to participate, CongressDaily/AM reports.
FDA Approves New Protease Inhibitor Developed by GlaxoSmithKline, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
The FDA on Monday approved GlaxoSmithKline and Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ experimental protease inhibitor drug — known as 908 — for use in combination with other antiretroviral medications, Reuters reports.
Sheriff’s Deputies’ Union, Kern County End Contract Talks Without Agreement
Officials for the Kern Law Enforcement Association, which represents 475 sheriff’s law officers and district attorney’s office investigators, broke off contract negotiations with Kern County administrators on Thursday after the two sides failed to reach an agreement on the timing of changes in health benefits and salary increases, the Bakersfield Californian reports.
Schwarzenegger Considers Health Net Executive for Chief of Staff
Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) is considering selecting Patricia Clarey, vice president for government affairs at HMO Health Net, as his chief of staff, the Los Angeles Times reports.