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Latest California Healthline Stories

Why the State’s Seizure of a Local Health Plan May Have Rescued It

The state took over the finances and operation of Alameda Alliance for Health just over a year ago. Now, after a year of conservatorship, the local health plan may finally be back on financially solid footing.

ACA Improved Rx Drug Access, But Some Still Face Barriers to Finding Best Coverage

The Affordable Care Act requires health plans to include coverage for prescription drugs, but differing medication formularies, incomplete coverage information and other obstacles could be keeping consumers from actually using those benefits.

Timing Right for State To Align Health Insurance Oversight Under One Roof?

We asked legislators, regulators, consumer advocates and health care experts to weigh in on a new report saying the timing is right for California to move away from bifurcated oversight and designate a single health insurance regulator.

Why Expanded Health Care Access for the Undocumented Is Unlikely, Despite Benefits

Research suggests that there are several potential benefits to expanding health care coverage to undocumented immigrants: avoiding a plateau in insurance gains, extending Medicare solvency and others. But expanded access is likely to stall in the face of cost and other concerns.

Another Case Before Supreme Court Could Influence Health Care Reform

In addition to the much-anticipated ruling in King v. Burwell, a Vermont case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court involving an insurance company’s efforts to avoid divulging information also has the potential to have a significant influence on health care reform.