By Barbara Feder Ostrov California Healthline Ana Oliva, Lt, and Felix Portillo, of Los Angeles, getting insurance information, from Valeria Lopez, at the Covered California eventin 2014. (Ricardo DeAratanha/Los Angeles Times…
By Jordan Rau California Healthline The Obama administration on Wednesday moved to sharply limit short-term health insurance plans, which a growing number of consumers have been buying even though they offer…
By Barbara Feder Ostrov and Chad Terhune California Healthline California lawmakers are lining up in support of a bill that would require health plans to provide information about patient-assistance programs for…
By Michelle Andrews Kaiser Family Foundation In his recent book, “The Finest Traditions of My Calling,” Dr. Abraham Nussbaum, 41, makes the case that doctors and patients alike are being shortchanged…
by Juliette Cubanski and Tricia Neuman Kaiser Family Foundaton After many years of slow growth, prescription drug spending growth is on the rise, raising fiscal concerns for public and private payers and…
By Chad Terhune California Healthline Three industry heavyweights are vying to run the prescription-drug business for one of the nation’s biggest health-care buyers, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System. Express…