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Lawmakers Effusive Over Medi-Cal Rate
The Assembly health committee yesterday unanimously and enthusiastically approved legislation to raise Medi-Cal provider rates by 10%, reversing a controversial cut made four years ago.
Bill Extends, Expands Benefits Review
Passage of a Senate bill would extend the life and expand the scope of the California Health Benefits Review Program.
First Test for Bill To Cover Undocumented
After a rally at the Capitol, legislation that would offer health coverage to California’s undocumented population will have its first hearing this week.
E-Cigarette Legislation Moves Along
Amid heavy vaping industry opposition, California Senate lawmakers passed a bill out of committee that would require all tobacco laws to apply to electronic cigarettes.
Panel Votes To End Vaccine Exemption
At a contentious and sometimes unruly hearing in the California Legislature yesterday, a bill proposing to eliminate an exemption for childhood immunizations had its first test — and passed it.
Bill Highlights Health Disparities Among Asian, Pacific Islander Populations
Grouping a number of ethnic populations together under one catch-all phrase leaves problems of some ethnic subgroups unaddressed, according to a bill in the California Legislature.
Study: Income Affects Cancer Detection
In communities with a steep divide between rich and poor, wealthy women were much more likely to get a genetic test for breast cancer, according to a UCLA study.
Full Plate of Health Care Bills Pending as Legislature Reconvenes
A number of high-profile and controversial health care bills in the Califonria Legislature get their first tests this week when new legislation starts being debated for the first time in committees.
Scope-of-Practice Bill for Anesthesia
A dearth of anesthesiologists has prompted legislation to create a new tier of health care provider — anesthesia assistants — in California.
Study Shows Sharp Differences With Introduction, Withdrawal of Fructose
Patients displayed marked changes in just nine days of a fructose-heavy diet — and showed a similar reversal of changes when that fructose was withdrawn, a UC-San Francisco pilot study finds.