Latest California Healthline Stories
This Program Was Bigger Than Covered California. Why Did We Ignore It?
By December 2013, nearly 700,000 people had obtained health coverage through California’s Low-Income Health Program, the state’s early expansion of Obamacare coverage — and the “most overlooked” part of health reform, one expert tells California Healthline. Here’s a look at lessons to be learned from the LIHP.
Campaign To Get California Latinos Online
The Latino Community Foundation is working to get California Latinos connected to the Internet to take advantage of online health care opportunities.
Big-Picture Issues Center Stage at Clinton’s Health Matters Conference
Health care experts, technology innovators and celebrities weighed in on challenges and opportunities in reshaping health care last week at the 3rd annual Health Matters Conference organized by the Clinton Foundation.
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.
Study: Dual Eligibles Worried About April Transition to Managed Care
A new study from UCLA says seniors are worried about the state’s duals demonstration project. Beginning in April, the state will move about 450,000 Californians eligible for Medicare and Medi-Cal into Medi-Cal managed care plans.
Three of the Most Overlooked Health Care Reform Stories of 2013
This edition of Road to Reform explores Affordable Care Act news stories — including accountable care organizations and the new medical-loss ratio provision — that were mostly overlooked in 2013.
Proposal To Help Residually Uninsured Narrowly Passes Health Committee
A carryover bill to address health care needs of uninsured California workers cleared its first hurdle when the Assembly Committee on Health gave its approval yesterday.
Obamacare’s Other Story: Medi-Cal Has Its Own Glitches
State officials have been crowing that more than 400,000 Californians have enrolled in plans through the state’s health insurance exchange, Covered California. However, another important statistic is getting lost in the exchange hubbub, and it has to do with Medi-Cal, the state’s publicly funded Medicaid program that insures low-income residents. Medi-Cal is huge. In previous columns, […]
Children Underserved by Denti-Cal, According to New Study
A scarcity of dentists willing to treat Denti-Cal beneficiaries is resulting in many California children going without dental care, according to a study by Children Now.
New Stewardship Responsibilities, Costs Proposed for Drug, Needle Manufacturers
Dealing with medical waste — unused drugs and used needles and syringes — is generating new policy questions in California: Whose responsibility is it and who pays?