It’s Not Just Covid: Recall Candidates Represent Markedly Different Choices on Health Care
By Samantha Young and Rachel Bluth
Those seeking to replace California Gov. Gavin Newsom in Tuesday’s recall election disagree with him on more than mask and vaccine mandates. The conservative candidates tend to favor free-market solutions over Newsom’s expansion of publicly funded health coverage.
Journalists Weigh In on Biden’s HHS Pick
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
For Counties and Clinics, Blue Shield Takeover of Vaccination Task Fixes What Wasn’t Broken
By Rachel Bluth
Rural Mendocino County had finally figured out its vaccination program. But now the community clinics that helped make it happen are changing course as Blue Shield of California takes over the state vaccine program.
Must-Reads Of The Week
By Rachel Bluth
Easy-breezy guest writer Rachel Bluth fills you in on a healthy dose of news from this past week.
Vaccines Go Mobile to Keep Seniors From Slipping Through the Cracks
By Rachel Bluth
A strike team of nurses and others is vaccinating Contra Costa County’s hardest-hit populations right where they live.
KHN on the Air This Week
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
KHN on the Air This Week
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
Come for Your Eye Exam, Leave With a Band-Aid on Your Arm
By Rachel Bluth
Dentists and optometrists across the country are trying to join in the fight to get everyone vaccinated against COVID-19, the flu and other diseases.
App-Based Companies Pushing Prop. 22 Say Drivers Will Get Health Benefits. Will They?
By Rachel Bluth
Ride-sharing and delivery services such as Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart are bankrolling California’s Proposition 22, which would keep their drivers classified as independent contractors, not employees. But health benefits? That’s something of a stretch.
Déjà Vu? Consumers Scramble for Covid Tests in Hard-Hit Areas
By Phil Galewitz and Rachel Bluth and Rae Ellen Bichell
As the nation confronts the delta variant, many consumers are again facing delays getting tested. The problem appears most acute in the South and Midwest, where new infections are growing the fastest, but Californians are also encountering bottlenecks.
