Latest California Healthline Stories
Podcast: What The Health? Senate Bill Sparks Fireworks Before The Fourth
Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post discuss the state of the Senate’s effort to replace Obamacare.
Grasping For The Middle Ground On Obamacare
A University of Southern California professor says conservatives and liberals should split the difference: Scrap the exchanges and expand Medicaid.
Tracking Air Quality Block By Block
An environmental advocacy group plans to install 100 pollution sensors at homes, schools and businesses in the congested area near the Port of Oakland to capture variations in the level of diesel contaminants.
California’s Republican Congress Members Face Quandary Over Health Bill
Many constituents could lose coverage under the AHCA. Half of California’s Republican-led districts voted against Donald Trump.
Should Health Care Providers Receive Special Protection From Secret Taping?
Gov. Jerry Brown must decide whether to sign a bill sponsored by Planned Parenthood that would criminalize distribution of a surreptitiously recorded conversation with a medical professional.
How Should Drug Take-Back Work?
We asked stakeholders, experts, consumer advocates and legislators how California state and local governments should create and pay for systems to properly dispose of old and unwanted prescription drugs.
New Oversight for Outpatient Surgery
We asked stakeholders and consumer advocates to weigh in on a new state law calling for increased regulations and oversight of California’s growing outpatient surgery industry.
What To Do About High-Priced Drugs?
According to a new analysis, California taxpayers could pay as much as $5.1 billion a year to treat hepatitis C patients in state-funded programs, adding fuel to some experts’ contention that expensive drugs may bankrupt the health system. We asked consumer advocates, insurers, state health officials and pharmaceutical manufacturers to weigh in on the issue.
Long-Term Care Reform Package Making Its Way Through Legislature
We asked stakeholders and legislators to weigh in on a package of two dozen bills in the state Legislature aimed at improving the state’s support network for aging and long-term care.
Pros, Cons of Two State Bills Dealing With Not-for-Profit Hospitals
We asked legislators, consumer advocates, hospital officials and academic experts to weigh in on two bills in the California Legislature dealing with community benefits provided by not-for-profit hospitals.