Latest California Healthline Stories
A New Sort Of Consultant: Advising Doctors And Patients On California’s Aid-In-Dying Law
A Berkeley doctor begins an unusual practice as a law takes effect this week permitting doctors to prescribe lethal medications to terminally ill patients who request them.
New Report Shows Medi-Cal’s Expanded Reach
The program traditionally for the poor also provides coverage to millions of working Californians, report says. But low payment rates may keep doctors away, reducing access to care.
Senate Nixes Bill Requiring Disclosures From Disciplined Doctors
The proposal would have required physicians and other medical clinicians to tell their patients if they were on probation for serious offenses.
Lessons In Frustration: A Quest For Therapy In Rural California
A family says they struggled mightily to get treatment for their depressed teen — up against a therapist shortage and a resistant insurer.
Medi-Cal Cards Getting A Facelift
Officials want to reflect the program’s wider demographic.
Regulators Probing Whether Health Net Is Stiffing Drug Treatment Providers
Insurance officials in California have received widespread complaints that the insurer has not paid rehab centers for months, as the company sifts claims for fraud.
Impact Of ‘Millionaire Tax’ To Fund Mental Health Care Still Hard To Gauge
County-by-county data gathering and idiosyncratic formats create a mess for analysts trying to size up the program.
Medicare’s Drug-Pricing Experiment Stirs Opposition
A proposal to change the way Medicare pays for some drugs has set off intense reaction and lobbying — all tied to a common theme: How far should the government go in setting prices for prescription drugs?
California’s Glaring Shortage Of School Nurses
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
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.