Latest California Healthline Stories
More Than 1,000 Health Care Employees Plan to Strike Today at Three San Jose Hospitals
More than 1,000 health care employees represented by Service Employees International Union Local 250 plan to strike today at three San Jose hospitals, the San Jose Mercury News reports.
Journal of the American Medical Association Devotes Entire Issue to Diabetes Research
Today’s issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association focuses entirely on research concerning diabetes, a disease that affects more than 17 million Americans and is expected to affect 30 million by 2050, USA Today reports.
A federal judge in Little Rock, Ark., on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of hospital organizations seeking to stop the Bush administration’s proposed reduction of the Medicaid upper payment limit, commonly known as the Medicaid loophole, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports.
Orange County Supervisors Approve Program to Reimburse Volunteers for Elderly Patient Transport
The Orange County Board of Supervisors yesterday approved a program to reimburse mileage costs for volunteers who transport elderly and frail patients to doctors’ offices for nonemergency visits, the Orange County Register reports.
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors yesterday unanimously approved a sliding fee schedule for the county’s Basic Care Adult Program, a move that will allow children, seniors and undocumented immigrants to participate, the Contra Costa Times reports.
Gov. Gray Davis (D) yesterday released his revised fiscal year 2002-2003 budget proposal, which would cover the state’s $23.6 billion budget deficit in part by raising taxes on cigarettes and making “deep cuts” in spending for health care and other programs, the Los Angeles Times reports.
FDA Seeks Public Comment on Constitutionality of Regulations for Product Labeling, Advertising
In an “unusual” move, the FDA is asking for public comment on “whether its regulations and policies on product labeling and advertising” comply with the First Amendment “in light of recent decisions by federal courts,” the Washington Post reports.
Nine People Receive First Implantable Identification Chips
Nine people last Friday became the first humans to have identity chips, which could give health care providers access to medical information in an emergency, implanted beneath the skin in their upper arms, the Miami Herald reports.
CMS to Publish Results of Nursing Home Complaint Investigations on Web Site
CMS on Monday began publishing on the agency’s Web site the results of investigations into complaints filed against nursing homes.
Sacramento Bee Endorses Senate Bill to Make School Soda Sales Illegal
Opponents of a Senate bill that would stop schools from selling soda to students need to “step in and act like adults” and do what is in the “best interests of students,” a Sacramento Bee editorial today states.