Latest California Healthline Stories
San Francisco Voters Hike Retirees’ Health Care Payments
San Francisco Proposition E, a measure that requires city taxpayers to pay a larger portion of health insurance costs for retired city workers, won last night by a “comfortable margin,” the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Feinstein ‘Easily’ Fends Off Campbell
Incumbent Sen. D) won re-election yesterday, “easily” defeating challenger Rep. Tom Campbell (R) by a 57% to 37% margin, the Sacramento Bee reports.
Though Some House Races Up for Grabs, GOP Keeps Control
Despite close contests in the West, the GOP was able to hold and gain seats in the East and Midwest to maintain its majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Medical Marijuana Measures Pass in Three States
Marijuana was a hot ballot issue for several states, as voters in Colorado and Nevada decided whether to allow the medical use of marijuana, and residents in Alaska and Mendocino County, Calif., determined whether to legalize the plant for general use.
With Washington Race Too Close to Call, Senate Makeup Unclear
With one race too close to call, the partisan makeup of the Senate remains unclear, the Washington Post reports.
California Congressional Race Winners’ Stances on Health Care Issues
As the election results roll in, California Healthline presents the winners and recaps their stances on various health care issues.
Presidential Race Too Close to Call, Hinges on Florida
After an “extraordinary struggle for the presidency” and a “night of high drama and confusing vote counting,” the race between Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush is too close to call, with the fate of Florida’s 25 electoral votes needed to decide the outcome, the Washington Post reports.
Orange County Voters OK Measure H, Reject Measure G
By a 65%-35% margin, Orange County voters yesterday approved Measure H, a ballot initiative backed by physicians and hospitals that would earmark 80% of the county’s tobacco settlement funds for health services such as antismoking programs.
Florida Judge Upholds $145B Award
Miami-Dade County Circuit Court Judge Robert P. Kaye yesterday upheld a $144.87 billion punitive-damage award, the most expensive in U.S. history, against the nation’s five largest cigarette producers, the Wall Street Journal report.
Issues Consumer Warning on Products Containing PPA
As expected, the FDA yesterday issued a public warning to consumers to immediately stop using any product containing the substance phenylpropanolamine, or PPA, because it is believed to increase the risk of suffering a rare but deadly type of stroke, the Washington Post reports.