Latest California Healthline Stories
How Can California Make Most of Telehealth Law?
With a new law in the books this fall — the California Telehealth Advancement Act — California is poised to move audio-visual technology into the medical mainstream. We asked experts what California policymakers and health care providers can do to make the transition proceed smoothly and effectively.
How Can California Make Most of Volatile Marketplace?
We asked experts and policymakers how the state can best take advantage of competition and consolidation in the health care industry to ensure that the entire system — and ultimately California consumers — benefit.
What Can California Learn From Healthy San Francisco?
San Francisco’s previously uninsured residents seem to be getting healthier, and health care providers generally are satisfied with the country’s first effort to provide government-sponsored health care access to all residents, according to a new report. We asked policymakers and experts what the rest of the state might glean from Healthy San Francisco.
How Should Policymakers Deal With the Fattening of California?
Obesity rates in California have more than doubled since 1990, and if current trends continue, more than half of the state’s adults will be obese by 2030, according to new research. We asked legislators and policy analysts how the state should deal with the problem.
Should State Consolidate Health Plan Regulation? How, When?
California is the only state with two bureaucracies keeping tabs on health insurers. Should California consolidate health care regulation in one agency? If so, how and when? We asked experts and stakeholders to weigh in.
How Can California Solve Family Physician Shortage?
California — like many parts of the country — is facing a shortage of family physicians on the eve of a significant expansion of the health care system. We asked experts and stakeholders what California policymakers can do to encourage a healthy supply of care providers.
Should State Regulate Health Insurance Premiums?
What will it mean for Californians if the Legislature passes and the governor signs a bill giving state government the authority to reject health insurance premium increases it deems unjustified?
Where Do Brokers Fit in New Health Insurance Picture?
We asked experts and stakeholders to weigh in on a bill in Congress that would exempt insurance brokers’ fees from being classified as administrative costs under the Affordable Care Act’s medical loss ratio provisions.
Counties Face New, Expanded Health Care Challenges
California counties’ role in delivering health care using a patchwork of federal and state programs and funding is about to become more complex, if not more difficult, because of health care reform and budget constraints. We asked stakeholders and experts how policymakers could best navigate new waters.
How Should California Handle Eligibility for Long-Term Medi-Cal?
We asked stakeholders and experts what steps state policymakers could take to address questions surrounding eligibility for Medi-Cal long-term care coverage.