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Big Soda Pours Big Bucks Into California’s Capitol

By Samantha Young April 8, 2019

The soda industry spent $11.8 million to influence policy statewide in 2017 and 2018. As politicians once again consider bills that would tax and label sugary drinks, more big money is expected to flow.

Estados presionan para que familiares que son cuidadores reciban créditos fiscales

By Samantha Young March 25, 2019

Varios estados, incluidos Florida, Nueva Jersey y Nueva York, están considerando legislaciones que ayuden a los cuidados familiares con créditos impositivos.

States Push For Caregiver Tax Credits

By Samantha Young March 22, 2019

Families often spend thousands of dollars caring for ailing loved ones at home. Lawmakers in California and at least seven other states want to provide some financial relief with state income tax credits.

For California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Resistance Is Personal

By Samantha Young February 4, 2019

Xavier Becerra, the state’s first Latino attorney general, is one of President Donald Trump’s most relentless adversaries. He attributes his legal values — and his opposition to the current administration — to his upbringing as the son of Mexican immigrants.

Para el fiscal general de California, Xavier Becerra, la resistencia es personal

By Samantha Young February 4, 2019

De ascendencia mexicana, el primer fiscal latino del estado demandó a la administración Trump 45 veces por cuestiones no solo de salud, sino también de educación e inmigración.

Can California Beat The Federal Government In Lowering Drug Prices?

By Samantha Young February 14, 2019

Unwilling to wait for federal action, California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he has a plan that could extract discounts from drugmakers and save the state money — one he hopes other states can join.

California’s Top Lawyer Cements His Role As Health Care Defender-In-Chief

By Samantha Young January 15, 2019

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra scores a win for California and other states in his effort to block Trump administration birth control rules. It is one of many suits he has filed to defend the Affordable Care Act from efforts to erode it.

Newsom Proposes Penalty To Fund Health Insurance Subsidies

By Samantha Young and Ana B. Ibarra June 3, 2019

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to help an estimated 850,000 Californians pay their health insurance premiums and would fund his plan with a tax penalty on people who don’t have coverage. If he succeeds, California would be the first state to subsidize middle-income people who make too much to qualify for federal financial aid.

En Route To Congress, California Democrats Hit Wall On ‘Medicare-For-All’

By Samantha Young January 2, 2019

California’s incoming congressional delegation will be the largest in the U.S. House of Representatives to support progressive health care policies such as “Medicare-for-all.” But the political reality of a Republican Senate and president means that they will need to pursue ideas that “aren’t pie in the sky.”

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Surprise! Fixing Surprise Medical Bills Is Harder Than it Looks

March 21, 2019

Joanne Kenen of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss the efforts to curb “surprise” medical bills to patients who inadvertently get out-of-network care; a look at where the 2020 presidential candidates stand on health; and the Trump administration’s efforts to end HIV in the U.S. Also, Rovner interviews Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, who is leaving his job in early April.

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