Latest California Healthline Stories
California First in Care for Undocumented, UCLA Researchers Say
No state has a proper system of health care for undocumented immigrants, researchers say, but California comes closest.
State Urged To Spend New CHIP Money Only on Children’s Health Care
Medicare legislation passed in Congress this week includes funding for the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program that could send as much as $550 million to California this year. Children’s advocates say it should go only to children’s health care.
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.