Latest California Healthline Stories
Oakland’s Highland Hospital To Get High-Tech Diagnostic Equipment Thanks To Grant
The facility will buy MRI equipment with $6 million from the Kaiser Permanente Community Fund. In other news, Stat’s report on a trend toward “bedless hospitals” features the Los Angeles-area clinics of UCLA Medical Center.
Trump Releases Doctor’s Note; Takes Positions On Medicaid, Birth Control And Abortion
While discussing his own health statistics with Dr. Oz, Donald Trump also comments on expanding Medicaid and access to over-the-counter birth control, like in California. Later, he says he supports permanently prohibiting federal funds from being used for abortion and appointed a new head to his anti-abortion coalition.
Prop 61: Most Voters Support Prescription Drug Pricing Measure, Poll Shows
The new survey finds that 66 percent approve of the plan to restrict the prices that state-run health agencies pay to same caps as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Water May Be To Blame For Oral Infections Of 10 Children In Anaheim
In other health news from around the state, a Santa Rosa homeless man says that a denial of medical care in jail led to his amputations. And an uplifting story of an Orange County runner who competes despite cerebral palsy.
Medical Groups Taking Over Vacant Storefronts In San Francisco Neighborhoods
The influx of retail chains is part of a community-based health care movement, but the trend worries some merchants and residents.
‘Dense Breast’ Notification Law Poses Challenges For Doctors And Patients
California is among the states that require such notices. But, women “don’t understand that this is a warning letter,” says Dr. Barbara B. Hayden, a Santa Monica-based breast reconstruction surgeon. “That mammography isn’t good enough for you and may not help you at all.”
Law Would Limit Surprise Billing For Medical Care
The problem, known as balance billing, happens when patients are treated by an out-of-network professional at an in-network facility. Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to sign the legislation. In other news from Sacramento, regulators could learn lessons from Colorado if recreational marijuana use becomes legal in California.
State’s Move To Cover Undocumented Immigrants Follows Cost-Savings Trend
The Christian Science Monitor reports on why California is requesting the waiver. In other news about Covered California, premiums for the small-business exchange are expected to increase by 5.9 percent.
State Officials Seek Feds’ OK To Expand Covered California To People In The Country Illegally
California is the first state to seek federal permission to allow these immigrants to buy health insurance through the state-based exchange.
Public Health Roundup: Disparities In Stroke Treatment; Prostrate Cancer Survival; Flu Shot Timing
Also, national news outlets report on more public health stories related to food industry lobbying, more workers testing positive for illegal substances, microcephaly and hospice care irregularities.