Latest California Healthline Stories
Los Angeles County Supervisors Formally Agree To Delay Vote To Close Two UCLA Medical Centers
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday formally agreed to delay until Jan. 21, 2003, a vote on whether to convert Harbor-UCLA and Olive View-UCLA medical centers to outpatient facilities to help cover a budget deficit in the county’s health system, the Copley/Torrance Daily Breeze reports.
Redding Rejects $1.6 Million Grant for Water Fluoridation Project
The city of Redding last week rejected a $1.6 million grant that would have covered the cost of a project to add fluoride to the city’s water supply, the Los Angeles Times reports.
DHS Hearing in San Francisco Debates Hospital Nurse Staffing Ratios
Hospital officials from across the state and representatives from two nurses’ unions yesterday debated California’s proposed nurse staffing ratios at a Department of Health Services public hearing in San Francisco, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
The U.S. health care system is in “crisis,” and the Bush administration should “immediately test possible solutions” by implementing pilot projects in several states, a panel of health care experts said in a Institute of Medicine report released today, the New York Times reports.
The American Medical Association yesterday launched a “last-ditch” effort to convince the Senate to agree to provisions in a House-passed bill (HR 5063) that would allow the Bush administration to address the Medicare physician reimbursement rate, CongressDaily reports.
The Assembly Health Committee yesterday heard testimony from parents and scientists who asked lawmakers to protect state-administered regional diagnostic and service centers for autism from budget reductions, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Federal Appeals Court Rules Lifetime Medical Care for Veterans Not Obligatory
A “divided, reluctant” federal appeals court yesterday ruled that the government is not required to provide free lifetime health care to World War II and Korean War veterans despite promises by military recruiters, the AP/Nando Times reports.
New York Times Examines Efforts To Address Childhood Asthma in U.S. Schools
The New York Times yesterday examined efforts to address the increased number of students with asthma in U.S. schools.
Senate Approves Legislation To Establish New Department of Homeland Security
The Senate yesterday voted 90-9 to pass legislation that would establish a new Department of Homeland Security, the Washington Post reports.
Service Employees International Union officials yesterday asked the California Public Employees’ Retirement System to investigate the prices and medical practices of Tenet Healthcare, the state’s largest for-profit hospital chain, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.