Latest California Healthline Stories
An Unusual Problem: San Diego Has Too Many Hospital Beds
Not only do regions with extra beds experience competitive pressures that drive health care systems out of business, but they could also produce an incentive for clinicians to admit more patients and perform more procedures than necessary.
Bruised Theranos Shutters Labs To Devote Attention To Research
CEO Elizabeth Holmes announces that about 340 employees will be laid off as the company closes both its clinical labs and its blood collection centers. The company’s focus will shift to developing technology for its miniLab, a new blood-testing device.
Large Number Of Undecided Voters Casts Uncertainty Over Prop. 61’s Fate
Only 16 percent of Californians polled say they’ll vote no on the initiative to curb high drug costs, but 34 percent said they are undecided.
State Has Shortage Of Doctors Willing To Accept Lower Medi-Cal Managed Care Rates
“The insurance companies don’t pay (doctors) enough, and the state won’t pay them enough, so they drop it. And we can’t force them to take it. So what are we supposed to do out here?” says one woman who is fighting to keep her disabled son on the Medi-Cal fee-for-service plan.
HHS: Millions Are Missing Out On Health Law Tax Credits
About 2.5 million people who are not buying insurance through the exchanges are missing out on subsidies.
Scientists Zero In On Link Between Autism, ‘Gut Bugs’
Researchers think the microbes that flourish in patients’ guts could hold answers about autism.
S.F. Announces Partnership Between Police, Mental Health Professionals
The city’s Department of Public Health plans to add five members to its Comprehensive Crisis Services unit, including clinical psychologists and social workers, to provide around-the-clock services to the police department.
Number Of Children Infected From Dental Clinic Water Reaches 29
All of the patients have had to be hospitalized after they went in for a baby root canal procedure.
Bill Clinton Backpedals After Calling Health Law ‘Craziest Thing In The World’
Hillary Clinton helped clarify her husband’s remarks by saying that she has pointed out the health law has room for improvement and that’s what he was trying to convey. Republicans, meanwhile, seized on the comments.
Bernie Sanders: Calif.’s Prop. 61 Will Be ‘Real Blow’ To Entire ‘Greedy’ Pharma Industry
The senator speaks in favor of the proposition, which will tie drug prices for state agencies to what the Department of Veterans Affairs pays, in a 30-second ad.