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The legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown includes: a ban on short-term “junk insurance,” a proposal to create a council to study the feasibility of a “public option,” and a measure blocking any attempts to add work requirements to the state’s Medicaid program.
Opioid Bill Gives Endangered Republicans A Health Care Talking Point On The Trail
Republicans have been put on the defense over their attacks on the health law and popular provisions, such as preexisting conditions protections, but the massive bipartisan opioid package that each chamber has passed versions of allows gives them a victory to highlight. Meanwhile, health groups are worried bills in that package threaten Medicare discounts.
Democrats Hammer Health Care Message As Republicans Focus On Discord Over ‘Medicare For All’
Even Democratic candidates on the campaign trail in traditionally deep red states are using the threat to the health law’s preexisting conditions in ways that would have been unthinkable a few years ago, while Republicans target progressives’ support of universal health care. Meanwhile, The New York Times fact checks President Donald Trump’s promises to protect preexisting conditions coverage.
Second Accuser Comes Out Against Kavanaugh As Ford Agrees To Testify This Week
Soon after Christine Blasey Ford agreed to testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on her allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, another woman came forward. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) is now asking for the hearing to be delayed so that the FBI can conduct an investigation.
The proposal would expand the parameters that immigration officials use to determine if an immigrant is likely to become a “public charge.” Currently, cash benefits are taken into account, but the administration wants to allow officials to consider legal immigrants’ use of public health insurance, nutrition and other programs as a strongly negative factor in their applications for legal permanent residency.
San Francisco Outstripping National Trends In Cutting New HIV Cases, But Disparities Still Remain
Rates among black men are almost triple that of white men, and eight times higher for black women compared with white women, according to the city’s new HIV report.
Bills on Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk could require some providers to screen moms for these disorders. Hospitals and other facilities offering deliveries would also have to educate staff about the issue.
Gilead Subpoenaed By California Insurance Regulators Over Its ‘Marketing Activities’
In October 2017, the California insurance department and the Alameda County, Calif., district attorney’s office sent a subpoena to Gilead requesting documents about the company’s “marketing activities, reimbursement support offerings, clinical and education programs, and interactions with specialty pharmacies.”
Santa Rosa Girl With Severe Epilepsy Can Take Cannabis Drug To School, Judge Rules
The case pitted federal and state laws that ban cannabis on school grounds against a different federal law that guarantees students with special needs the right to a “free and appropriate public education.”
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra needs to approve the merger between Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives, a process which includes public hearings about the impact the deal will have on the community.