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Sharp HealthCare announces restructuring that will impact about 260 workers
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (872+ words) Just one year after issuing layoff notices to 315 workers, Sharp HealthCare announced a “realignment” effort Tuesday that affects approximately 260 of its more than 21,000 employees. Chris Howard, Sharp’s chief executive officer, who took a pay cut last year when announcing the…...
Opinion: Medicare subsidy cuts could cost seniors more than money
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (259+ words) President Donald Trump’s decision to end Medicare Part D premium subsidies after 2026 may sound like a technical Washington budget move. But for San Diego older adults, the real-world impact is increased cost for prescription drug coverage. And it comes as…...
The Trump administration is ending a Medicare drug subsidy program. Here’s how it could affect costs
1+ week, 5+ day ago (324+ words) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week announced it would wrap up the program, which was initially implemented by the Biden administration in 2024 to lower patients’ Medicare Part D prescription drug costs in response to effects of the 2022 Inflation…...
CEA gives update on enrollment, programs data
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (239+ words) The Clean Energy Alliance is over 250,000 total accounts as it crosses the five-year mark since it began serving North County as a Community Choice Aggregation. CEA also launched Solar Plus and Solar Plus Connect programs aimed at giving customers access…...
About 8% of the country lacked health insurance in 2025, new data shows. That could rise next year
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (624+ words) By MIKE STOBBE and ALI SWENSON The national survey results, released Thursday, show the all-ages uninsured rate has stayed significantly down from where it was several years ago, but the ranks of the uninsured could soon expand as the Trump…...
The Trump administration expands its use of AI in the hunt for healthcare fraud
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (434+ words) The department will use ChatGPT and other AI tools to analyze audit reports from all 50 states on an ongoing basis, said Gustav Chiarello, the assistant secretary for financial resources who is leading the new program. “It’s classic big government: Everyone…...
Should I get Medicare supplemental insurance? – San Diego Union-Tribune
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (177+ words) During your initial Medicare enrollment, supplemental insurers must cover you and can’t charge extra for preexisting conditions — but miss that window and you risk facing denials and higher costs....
Trump unveils deal with Regeneron to lower drug prices as part of most-favored-nation initiative
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (685+ words) President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a deal with drugmaker Regeneron to lower the cost of its pharmaceutical products as part of the White House’s signature drug pricing initiative. The deal involves Regeneron lowering the prices of all its current…...
Opinion: Funding cuts push many hospitals toward breaking point
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (487+ words) Last year, I warned in an opinion essay that hospital finances were becoming a house of cards — fragile, interdependent and increasingly vulnerable to policy decisions made far from the bedside in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento. With the passage of HR…...
Consequences of not having workers’ comp insurance
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (392+ words) Labor Code section 3700 requires virtually every private sector employer with one or more employees, including employees who are family members, to carry workers’ compensation insurance issued by an insurer authorized to write compensation insurance in California. There is a narrow…...