Latest California Healthline Stories
Understanding Prop. 61 — California’s Most Expensive Ballot Initiative
KPCC offers a look at the what, how and who of the measure aimed at curbing high drug prices.
There’s A Catch Behind Stability In Premiums For Many Employees
Companies are increasingly shifting their workers onto high-deductible health plans.
Obama Urges Fixes To Signature Legislation: It Isn’t Perfect — But ‘No Law Is’
The president spoke of the law’s successes while also urging lawmakers and governors to make the changes necessary to make it better. “When one of these companies comes out with a new smartphone and it had a few bugs, what do they do? They fix it,” he said. “You don’t say, well, we’re repealing smartphones.”
Ambulance Company Claims O.C. Cities Conspiring To Create Monopolies For Emergency Services
The lawsuits target both cities that run their own ambulance services, as well as cities that have exclusive contracts with competing private companies.
How Much Screen Time Is Too Much Screen Time For Kids?
The American Academy of Pediatrics has released its recommendations for how much children and teenagers should be exposed to TVs, computers and smartphones.
Despite Efforts To Curb Abuse, Opioid Epidemic Takes Growing Toll On San Diego
Law enforcement officials say attempts to curtail prescription drug abuse have caused some people to turn to heroin, which can be cheaper and easier to obtain.
Tenet Healthcare Campaigns For Preferred Board Members
“We are supporting candidates who we believe would best support our employees, our physicians and our patients in the communities we serve,” Desert Regional spokesman Rich Ramhoff says.
The Patients Behind Theranos’ Dubious, Unreliable Test Results
Theranos failed to maintain basic safeguards to ensure consistent results — according to regulators, independent lab directors and quality-control experts — and patients suffered.
California Ballot Initiatives Draw Record Amount In Donations
Donors have given $458 million to the various measures, including $108 million from pharmaceutical companies trying to defeat Prop. 61.
Mexico Offering Californians What U.S. Can’t: Cheap, Reliable Health Care
In Southern California, if people haven’t gone to Mexico for health care, they probably know someone who has.