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California FAIR Plan Announces 29.1% Rate Hike for Homeowners This Fall
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (433+ words) Browse our guides on the best concerts, plays, museums, and more to enrich to your summer. Life, Automated explores how AI and automation are reshaping everyday life through conversations with researchers, practitioners, artists, and other unexpected experts. California’s insurer of…...
1 in 4 Covered California Enrollees Could Get State Aid Under Newsom Proposal
2+ mon, 4+ hour ago (1278+ words) When Congress allowed COVID-era subsidies for health insurance to expire, California used its own funds to offset the hike in Obamacare premium costs for residents with low incomes. But the reach has been limited. As Gov. Gavin Newsom negotiates his…...
Medi-Cal Cuts Are Coming. Contra Costa County Is Bracing for Impact
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (92+ words) KQED Medi-Cal Cuts Are Coming. Contra Costa County Is Bracing for Impact The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed by President Donald Trump last year, will cut an estimated $900 billion to $1 trillion from Medicaid over the next decade. Between funding…...
Planned Parenthood Clinic Turns to Cosmetic Care Amid Loss of Federal Funding
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (421+ words) Planned Parenthood Mar Monte is the nation’s largest Planned Parenthood affiliate. It’s starting to offer a new set of aesthetic services, ranging from Botox to IV hydration after a night of drinking. The shift comes as it faces financial uncertainty…...
How Are You Handling Increased Health Insurance Premiums?
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (77+ words) KQED How Are You Handling Increased Health Insurance Premiums? Airdate: Wednesday, January 14 at 9 AM Jessica Altman, executive director, Covered California, the state health insurance exchange Cynthia Cox, senior vice-president, KFF, an independent source for health policy research, polls and news…...
‘We Can’t Afford to Stay’: Californians Weigh Drastic Moves as Health Premiums Rise | KQED
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (726+ words) Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and analysis to make sense of the news. Episodes drop Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. See TV Programming Manager Emma Casley’s recommendations from this month’s KQED 9, PLUS and Passport schedules. Carin Lenk…...
Santa Clara County Sales Tax, Measure A, Pitched to Offset Deep Medicaid Cuts | KQED
10+ mon, 5+ day ago (1229+ words) The sun was just rising over Santa Clara Valley Medical Center when nurse Emiko Rivera arrived to begin her shift at the hospital’s burn center. As one of the few certified burn centers in Northern California, Rivera’s team treats patients…...
With Just Days of Cash Left, Remote California Hospital Nears Crisis Point | KQED
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (625+ words) Inyo County, on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada, has two hospitals. In a matter of weeks it may be down to one, local and state officials say. “If they don’t come through and nobody else comes through then…...
Covered California Health Insurance Will Cost More in 2026. Here’s Why | KQED
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (679+ words) Californians who get their health insurance through the state’s marketplace will see premiums increase by an average of 10.3% next year. Covered California officials on Thursday announced the first double-digit rate increase since 2018, saying it represents a “confluence” of factors putting…...