7+ hour, 33+ min ago  (936+ words) Legislators this week approved a health tax bill meant to continue critical federal funding for the state's Medicaid program, also known as Medi-Cal. Their approval comes despite warnings from health industry leaders that the tax, as designed, will raise premiums…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (177+ words) The Inland Empire Health Plan kept $320 million that it should have given back to the federal government, a federal lawsuit claims....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (599+ words) Join us at the Cal Matters Ideas Festival on May 21. " Get your tickets now. Glenn Melnick is a professor, Blue Cross of California chair of healthcare finance and director of USC's Center for Health Financing, Policy and Management. Rising health…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (583+ words) Craig Wagoner is president and CEO of Community Health System No one wants to see health insurance premiums rise. Individuals, small businesses and large employers are already under inflationary pressures. But it will be far worse if health insurance companies…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (434+ words) Covered California enrollment fell 2. 7% following the end of enhanced federal premium assistance. That's better than expected, but many people are making concessions to afford staying insured. Despite the loss of federal subsidies that lowered costs for millions, California's private health…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago  (326+ words) Jane Kim is a civil rights attorney, consumer advocate and a former San Francisco Supervisor With the first anniversary of the devastating Southern California wildfires approaching, Cal Matters asked candidates for the 2026 state Insurance Commissioner race to share thoughts on…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (553+ words) Bianca Blomquist is the California director for the Small Business Majority Small business owners are working hard to keep their doors open while offering employees quality benefits, but rising healthcare costs are making that harder every year." One major driver…...

8+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1710+ words) Lawmakers have taken steps to require insurers to keep more accurate directories of doctors and specialists, but state rules still aren't complete, and penalties are rare. Mary Kuhn went to the emergency room at John Muir Medical Center because it…...

10+ mon, 6+ day ago  (563+ words) Proposed ballot initiative aims to repeal Prop. 103, the California law that regulates home and auto insurance. A proposed ballot initiative would drastically change the way property insurance is regulated in California by repealing a law voters passed almost four decades…...