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CalPERS Approves More Modest Health Insurance Rate Hikes Than Last Year

By Ana B. Ibarra June 15, 2016

Average premium increases for the agency’s 2017 HMO and PPO plans are indicative of health care cost trends.

Gov. Brown Signs Bill Seeking OK For Exchange To Sell To Immigrants Without Documents

By Ana B. Ibarra June 10, 2016

The state can now submit a potentially precedent-setting request for federal approval to allow immigrants living in California illegally to buy insurance from Covered California.

Youth Film Contest Seeks To Reduce Stigma Of Mental Illness

By Ana B. Ibarra June 8, 2016

The program, funded by Prop. 63 “millionaire’s tax,” has led to the creation of more than 1,600 videos in 35 counties across California. Participants say it has heightened their sensitivity.

Impact Of ‘Millionaire Tax’ To Fund Mental Health Care Still Hard To Gauge

By Ana B. Ibarra May 27, 2016

County-by-county data gathering and idiosyncratic formats create a mess for analysts trying to size up the program.

California’s Glaring Shortage Of School Nurses

By Ana B. Ibarra May 25, 2016

A new national pediatric guideline proposes that every school have a nurse on staff. In California, 57 percent of school districts do not employ nurses.

Ballot Measure Seeks To Protect Use Of Hospital Fees For Low-Income Health Coverage

By Ana B. Ibarra May 24, 2016

A hospital-financed fund used to draw matching federal dollars for Medi-Cal would become permanent, and it would be harder for officials to divert the money from its intended use.

Feds Urge State Medicaid Programs To Boost Use Of Long-Acting Contraceptives

By Michelle Andrews and Ana B. Ibarra July 7, 2016

Medicaid spends billions on unintended pregnancies, and federal officials say long-acting contraceptives such as IUDs are cost-effective and offer advantages for women.

Consumer Advocates Fret About Proposed Covered California Budget Cuts

By Ana B. Ibarra May 13, 2016

State exchange’s spending plan for 2017 would close a call center and reduce funding for some programs that assist vulnerable communities.

¿Venderá Covered California cobertura de salud a indocumentados?

By Ana B. Ibarra May 12, 2016

California está cada vez más cerca de presentar una solicitud, la primera en el país, para una decisión federal que permitiría al mercado del Obamacare del estado vender planes de salud a inmigrantes que están viviendo ilegalmente en el país.

Will Rx Ballot Initiative Save Money? Report Offers An Educated Shrug

By Ana B. Ibarra May 11, 2016

A ballot measure in November would peg state-paid drug prices to the lowest prices paid by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. But there’s a catch: The VA won’t say what those prices are.

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