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Blue Shield Improperly Denied Mental Health, Drug Treatment Claims, Suit Alleges

Blue Shield of California and Magellan, its mental health administrator, violated accepted professional standards in its criteria for residential treatment and intensive outpatient care, according to a class-action suit. The insurer disputes the allegations.

The Union That Roars: Nurses Aren’t Giving Up On California’s Single-Payer Push

The California Nurses Association, representing some 100,000 registered nurses, is regarded statewide and nationally as a progressive political powerhouse. “Politicians are afraid” of the activists they turn out, said one critic.

Men Wrote The Senate Health Care Bill. This Woman Could Stop It.

Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate’s parliamentarian, will be in the hot seat as she is called upon to decide which provisions of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s bill draft fit the tight rules that allow for it to be passed without a filibuster.

Safe Under The ACA, Patients With Preexisting Conditions Now Fear Bias

Thinking they were protected from insurance discrimination, many people got tested to see if they were likely to develop serious diseases. Legislation pushed by Republican leaders in Congress would leave them vulnerable.