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California Hospital Giant Sutter Health Faces Heavy Backlash On Prices

By Chad Terhune May 15, 2018

In a case with possible national repercussions, the state’s attorney general has sued over alleged price gouging, and other legal and legislative challenges are afoot. Sutter is pushing back hard, denying anticompetitive behavior.

California Clinic Screens Asylum Seekers For Honesty

By Anna Gorman Photos by Heidi de Marco July 10, 2018

As new federal policies make it harder to gain asylum in the U.S., foreign applicants try to improve their chances by having doctors evaluate their conditions — perhaps bolstering their stories of torture and violent persecution back home.

Tratan a la violencia doméstica como un problema médico

By Anna Gorman January 29, 2018

En Los Angeles, un centro que atiende a mujeres víctimas de abuso en el hogar tiene una oficina, y pronto un refugio, en el campus de un concurrido hospital.

Treating Domestic Violence As A Medical Problem

By Anna Gorman January 29, 2018

Health care professionals increasingly collaborate with anti-abuse advocates to identify victims and ensure they get the help they need. One women’s center is opening a shelter on the campus of a large public hospital in Los Angeles.

Making Money Off Medicaid

November 22, 2017

New Commission Plans To Address State Health Care Worker Shortage

August 28, 2017

Kaiser Health News senior correspondent Anna Gorman discussed the shortage Thursday with KPCC’s Libby Denkman, on the radio station’s Take Two program.

“Un acertijo persistente”: californianos adoptan Medicaid, pero… ¿cupones de alimentos? No tanto.

By Anna Gorman and Harriet Blair Rowan April 26, 2018

Millones de californianos que podrían participar de este programa, no lo hacen. Expertos explican las posibles razones y qué se está haciendo para que más familias obtengan este beneficio.

‘A Persistent Puzzle’: Californians Embrace Medicaid — But Food Stamps? Not So Much.

By Anna Gorman and Harriet Blair Rowan April 26, 2018

The Golden State ranks near the bottom in its enrollment of eligible people in the food assistance program known as SNAP. Now state officials want to tap its robust Medicaid rolls to boost SNAP signups.

States Extend Medicaid For Birth Control, Cutting Costs — And Future Enrollment

By Phil Galewitz and Anna Gorman March 22, 2018

Medicaid family planning programs reduce unplanned births, but some are caught in disputes over federal funding to Planned Parenthood.

Pharmacists Slow To Dispense Lifesaving Overdose Drug

By Anna Gorman December 20, 2017

Laws in California and most other states allow pharmacists to provide naloxone to patients or their friends without a doctor’s prescription. But many don’t do so, citing lack of demand and awareness among patients, their own fears of insufficient compensation and the challenges of treating opioid users.

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