Latest California Healthline Stories
Medicaid Caps Pitched By GOP Could Shrink Seniors’ Benefits
Advocates for the elderly worry that GOP plans to end Medicaid’s open-ended spending and replace it with per-capita limits could pose a risk for low-income older people who rely on the federal-state program for nursing and other long-term care.
GOP Bill’s Unheralded Changes In Rules Could Undermine Health And Prospects Of Neediest
Lesser-known provisions in the Republican proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act would push some Medicaid enrollees out of coverage and cause financial pain for others.
Top Research Centers Call Trump’s Proposed NIH Cuts ‘Shocking’
Research institutions that stand to lose the most include UCSF, Stanford University and UC San Diego. Total NIH funding for the University of California system reached nearly $2 billion in fiscal year 2016.
Universal Health Coverage In California: Is It Even Possible?
On Southern California Public Radio, California Healthline Senior Correspondent Chad Terhune discusses the prospects for coverage-for-all proposals by gubernatorial hopeful Gavin Newsom and others given GOP plans in Washington D.C.
Many Californians Could Be Priced Out Of Exchange Coverage, Analysis Finds
California’s health insurance exchange released an analysis showing that Republicans’ plan to trim subsidies, on average, by 40% would fall hard on elderly and very low-income people, especially in expensive areas like San Francisco.
What Does The House Health Care Bill Mean For California?
The Congressional Budget Office says the bill, if enacted, would save the federal government billions of dollars but leave millions more people without coverage. Those changes would hit the biggest state hardest.
California Hospitals Get A Second Law On Notifying Observation Care Patients
A new federal law requires that hospitals give Medicare patients notice after placing them under observation, along with the reason why they were not officially admitted. In California, it comes on top of a state law that requires quicker notice for all observation patients but does not oblige hospitals to explain their decision not to admit.
Proposed Law Envisions Lead Screening For All California Children
Under the current statute, kids are tested for lead only if they’re on certain government programs or live in older buildings. That leaves many other California children at risk, lawmaker says.
House Health Care Bill Would Hit Low-Income And Elderly Californians Hardest
Chad Terhune discusses the issue with Southern California Public Radio’s A Martínez, host of “Take Two.”
GOP Health Proposal Would Upend Consumers’ Cost Calculations In California
Decently paid millennials in LA might be better off than under Obamacare — but older people in pricier areas could fare much worse.