Latest California Healthline Stories
Should Terminally Ill Californians Have the Right To Choose How, When They Die?
We asked legislators, physicians, nurses, religious leaders and consumer advocates to weigh in on a proposal in the state Legislature that would give terminally ill Californians the right to ask for medical help to end their lives.
How To Deal With Drug Problems in State’s Foster Care Program
We asked legislators, physicians, drug manufacturers, state officials and consumer advocates how best to deal with high rates of prescribing drugs to children in the state’s foster care program.
Should Palliative Care Be Reformed?
We asked stakeholders and legislators about proposals in Congress and the California Legislature seeking to change the way health care systems deal with palliative care.
Bills Offer Two Approaches to Hospital Observation Status
We asked stakeholders to assess the strengths and weaknesses of two bills in the California Legislature seeking to clarify the complex and financially significant issue of “observation status” in acute care hospitals.
How Should California Officials Deal With ‘Specialty Tier’ Pricing of Drugs?
We asked stakeholders and health care experts how California should handle “specialty tier” pricing of prescription drugs, a practice that requires some consumers to pay higher out-pocket-prices for some medications.
Should California Strengthen School Immunization Rules?
We asked stakeholders how California legislators and policymakers should respond to two growing trends: the number of kindergartners starting school without standard vaccinations and an increase in communicable diseases like measles and whooping cough.
How Should California Regulate Growing, Changing Assisted-Living Industry?
We asked stakeholders and experts how legislators and policymakers should reform state regulations to improve oversight of the growing and changing assisted-living industry.
Is California Ready for Telehealth Growth?
We asked stakeholders and experts if California is ready for rapid growth of telehealth technologies which researchers say will increase eightfold over the next five years in the U.S.
How Should California Deal With Health Coverage for Undocumented Immigrants?
We asked stakeholders how California policymakers should deal with an estimated one million undocumented immigrants in California who will be ineligible for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
How Should State Shape Care at Home?
We asked legislators and stakeholders how California can best shape state policy governing health care delivery in the home, a form of delivery expected to grow significantly in coming years.