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Latest California Healthline Stories

Trump Open To Preserving Most Popular Parts Of Health Law

Donald Trump says the ban on insurers denying coverage to people who are sick and the provision allowing young adults to stay on their parents coverage are “the strongest assets” of the Affordable Care Act.

California Keeping Health Law Anyway ‘Probably Out Of The Realm Of Possibility’

If the federal health law is repealed or dismantled, the $20 billion California receives in assistance to help people buy coverage would dry up, making it nearly impossible for the state to keep its version of the exchanges.

Exhibit Aims To Put Faces, Stories To Startling Suicide Statistics

The advocates have used backpacks with personal stories attached to them in an effort to solidify the idea that the numbers students see about suicides represent real people.

Focus On Keeping Chemotherapy Patients Out Of Hospital Pays Off

A new model that aims to keep cancer patients, who are immunocompromised, away from the potentially dangerous environment of hospitals. Hospitals “know nothing about helping people stay out of the hospital. Why would they? Their business is putting people in the hospital,” Dr. Barbara McAneny says.

California Will Face ‘Very, Very Difficult Choices’ If Medicaid Is Block-Granted

The state, which has been one of the most successful in the nation at signing up people for Medicaid coverage under the health law, would get more flexibility with block grants, but likely less federal money.

Trump’s Daunting Challenge: How Do You Actually Replace Obamacare?

There are several portions of the health law Donald Trump will be able to roll back on his first day. But he, and congressional Republicans, will find it hard to strip 20 million people of health care coverage overnight.