2+ hour, 5+ min ago  (1064+ 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…...

3+ week, 3+ day 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…...

4+ week, 14+ hour ago  (657+ words) NEW YORK'The proportion of Americans without health insurance held steady at around 8% of the population in 2025, according to new findings from the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The national survey results, released Thursday, show the all-ages uninsured rate has…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (899+ words) Since the Affordable Care Act's enactment in 2010, the Republican mantra about the law has been "repeal and replace." On the surface, the GOP never got what it wanted. The key moment in this campaign arrived in July 2017, when the late…...

2+ mon, 1+ day 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…...

2+ mon, 1+ 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…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (70+ words) Banking veteran Balaji Krishna expands his commercial banking leadership role as the new Genesis Bank Chief Banking Officer. Read the full announcement. Orange County-based Genesis Bank has announced that Balaji Krishna, executive vice president, head of specialty banking, has been…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (878+ 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,…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (920+ words) In January, when President Trump unveiled his one-page outline to address healthcare spending, dubbed the "Great Healthcare Plan," he specifically mentioned the Affordable Care Act's role in driving up costs. "I call it the unaffordable care act," he said. He…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (874+ words) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. To receive Medicaid health coverage, some adults will soon have to show they are working, volunteering or taking classes. But to gather that proof, many states first will have to spend millions of dollars improving their computer…...