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Los Angeles Times

The L.A. Times is a leading source of breaking news, entertainment, sports, politics, and more for Southern California and the world.

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  • 36+ min agolatest article
  • Mar 17, 2026earliest in window
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latimes.com > business > story > 2026-08-24 > fed-up-with-high-prices-california-weighs-penalties-against-hospitals-other-entities

Fed up with high prices, California weighs penalties against hospitals, other entities

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (893+ words) California is weighing stiff penalties for hospitals and other healthcare entities that don’t stay under state spending limits, potentially levying hundreds of millions of dollars in fines if these providers don’t take steps to rein in rising healthcare costs. If…...

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latimes.com > california > story > 2026-08-06 > catalina-islands-only-hospital-fights-for-its-future-amid-dire-financial-outlook

Catalina Island’s only hospital fights for its future amid dire financial outlook

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1432+ words) The Saturday morning calm at Catalina Island Health’s two-bed emergency room was broken just before noon, when two tourists with arm injuries burst in within minutes of one another. Praveen Biln, the registered nurse on duty in the ER, kicked…...

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California Has An Insurance Crisis. Senator Ben Allen Says He Has A Plan To Fix It.

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (35+ words) Los Angeles Times California Has An Insurance Crisis. Senator Ben Allen Says He Has A Plan To Fix It....

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latimes.com > opinion > story > 2026-03-05 > why-health-care-expensive

Contributor: Why healthcare is so expensive in America, and what to do about it

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (908+ words) America’s healthcare system consistently ranks as the most expensive in the developed world. It’s not, as some politicians claim, expensive because markets have failed. It’s expensive because the market has been repeatedly blocked from succeeding. Until we’re honest about that,…...

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latimes.com > opinion > letters-to-the-editor > story > 2026-07-12 > hospice-fraud-medicare-medicaid

Letters to the Editor: Operation to halt Medicare fraud had some unfortunate side effects

2+ mon, 23+ hour ago   (243+ words) Los Angeles Times To the editor: The figures presented by Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz and Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer Kim Brandt are impressive, but don't show the full picture (“Medicare’s new approach to…...

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latimes.com > opinion > story > 2026-07-09 > medicare-medicaid-fraud-detection-prevention

Contributor: Medicare's new approach to halting fraud is paying off

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (951+ words) Last year, we wrote in the Los Angeles Times that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services was done chasing criminals after we’d already handed them money. We said we were building something different — a prevention-first operation that would detect…...

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latimes.com > business > story > 2026-06-02 > more-middle-class-californians-cancel-health-coverage

More middle-class Californians cancel health coverage after losing federal aid

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (683+ words) Facing higher premiums and the loss of federal subsidies, 374,000 people with health insurance from the state marketplace known as Covered California canceled their coverage in the first three months of the year, according to government statistics. The cancellations amount to…...

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latimes.com > california > story > 2026-04-25 > fraud-is-rampant-but-good-hospice-care-exists-heres-guide-to-making-right-choice

Commentary: Fraud is rampant, but good hospice care exists. Here's a guide to making the right choice

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1247+ words) Why do those two words appear in tandem so frequently? The short answer is money. The population of older adults is surging, a river of tax dollars is available to cover the cost of care, and legions of scammers and…...

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latimes.com > california > story > 2026-04-17 > california-was-warned-of-shocking-hospice-fraud-inaction-allowed-problems-to-persist

California was warned of shocking hospice fraud. Inaction allowed scams to continue

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1543+ words) Officials have failed to halt pervasive fraud in the hospice industry despite promises of reforms five years ago after learning of widespread corruption that targeted vulnerable patients. California authorities promised to crack down after a Times investigation in late 2020 revealed…...