Latest California Healthline Stories
By End Of 2015, Obamacare Enrollment Off Target By 3 Percent
Over the course of the year, the number of people signed up and paying premiums on exchange plans went down 25 percent, from 11.7 million to 8.8 million.
Obama Touts Lasting Impact Of Nancy Reagan’s Medical Research Efforts
The president said that his own precision medicine initiative is possible because of the former first lady, who was buried Friday alongside her husband.
Mystery Still Surrounds Deadly, But Rare, Meningococcal Disease
The number of cases has been dwindling for years, but doctors still don’t know why it strikes in some people and not others. When it does, however, the consequences are severe.
Tri-City Board May Exercise ‘Termination At Will’ Provision For CEO
Tri-City Medical Center’s board chair James Dagostino declined to give the reasons behind the decision. The full board will vote on the matter March 17.
California One Of Handful Of States To Simplify Professional Licensing Path For Immigrants
But in other states, students wanting to join the medical industry face greater uncertainty.
Kaiser Permanente-Group Health $1.8B Deal To Move Forward After Seattle Cooperative’s Vote
The Group Health Cooperative’s voting members overwhelmingly agreed to essentially dissolve and become a part of Kaiser Permanente. Approval allows a review by state insurance regulators to go forward.
Lawmakers also say lobbyists threatened to derail other, unrelated ballot measures because the tobacco package passed the Legislature.
Viewpoints: GOP Candidates And Obamacare; Should Sanders Be Cut Slack Over Mental Health Joke?
A selection of opinions on campaign issues and other health care developments from around the state.
In Rare Bipartisan Vote, Senate Passes Opioid Bill 94-1
Dozens of senators came to the floor to praise the measure, saying the opioid epidemic is one of the most pressing issues facing the American family at the moment.
UC Davis Gets $38.5M For Eye Research, Treatment
The donation is the largest in the university’s history.