Latest California Healthline Stories
Finally, Long Overdue Progress In Hospital Seismic Safety
After a long period of doubt, California hospitals have made strides toward meeting the state’s stringent earthquake retrofitting requirements — but nearly 10 percent of hospital buildings are still at high risk.
Counterfeit Opioid Poisonings Spread To Bay Area
Vomiting, breathing problems, lethargy, unconsciousness result from pirate pills laced with fentanyl.
A Talk With The Head Of California’s Troubled Dental Program
The top official at Denti-Cal, a program for low-income California residents, sat down with California Healthline to discuss what her agency is doing to address the severe shortcomings highlighted in a recent report.
Will Covered California Sell Health Coverage To The Undocumented?
California is inching closer to a first-in-the-nation request for a federal ruling that would allow the state’s Obamacare exchange to sell health plans to immigrants who are living in the country illegally.
Medi-Cal AIDS Program Is Underfunded, Advocates Say
Medi-Cal program provides vital services to HIV and AIDS patients, but providers say it doesn’t pay enough to allow them to serve everyone who needs it.
A New World For People With Severe Developmental Disabilities
California plans to move most of the developmentally disabled patients in its care out of large institutions and into the wider community. It’s partly to save money — but also reflects a change in philosophy.
What’s California’s Prescription For Rising Drug Costs?
How high-cost drugs are impacting California.
Bill Would Expand Hospital Reporting On Executive Pay
The Assembly’s health committee Tuesday approved legislation that would require hospitals and affiliated medical groups to report the compensation of all executives making $250,000 or more a year.
Gonorrhea Rate Has Shot Up In California
Public health experts don’t know if the rise of the sexually transmitted disease is a result of riskier behavior, or because better screening is detecting more cases than in the past.
More Customers Dumped From Covered California Without Notice
Nearly 2,000 pregnant women join the ranks of Covered California customers whose health plans have been automatically — and sometimes mysteriously — canceled.