Latest California Healthline Stories
End of Line for Doctors Medical Center
After a long and arduous effort to keep all or some part of Doctors Medical Center open, the safety-net hospital in San Pablo closed.
Different Kind of Vaccine Bill Surfaces
Legislation to improve vaccination rates among young children gets its first hearing today.
Youth Immigrants Face Health Risks
A new UCLA study finds half of young immigrants in California delayed getting medical care and concludes their immigration status has affected their health.
California First in Care for Undocumented, UCLA Researchers Say
No state has a proper system of health care for undocumented immigrants, researchers say, but California comes closest.
State Urged To Spend New CHIP Money Only on Children’s Health Care
Medicare legislation passed in Congress this week includes funding for the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program that could send as much as $550 million to California this year. Children’s advocates say it should go only to children’s health care.
Lawmakers Effusive Over Medi-Cal Rate
The Assembly health committee yesterday unanimously and enthusiastically approved legislation to raise Medi-Cal provider rates by 10%, reversing a controversial cut made four years ago.
Bill Extends, Expands Benefits Review
Passage of a Senate bill would extend the life and expand the scope of the California Health Benefits Review Program.
First Test for Bill To Cover Undocumented
After a rally at the Capitol, legislation that would offer health coverage to California’s undocumented population will have its first hearing this week.
E-Cigarette Legislation Moves Along
Amid heavy vaping industry opposition, California Senate lawmakers passed a bill out of committee that would require all tobacco laws to apply to electronic cigarettes.
Panel Votes To End Vaccine Exemption
At a contentious and sometimes unruly hearing in the California Legislature yesterday, a bill proposing to eliminate an exemption for childhood immunizations had its first test — and passed it.