By Julie Rovner and Francis Ying California Healthline Presidential candidates like to propose solutions to long-standing problems. Health care is no exception. But there’s a reason some problems are “long-standing.” They may have no easy solution. […]
By Emily Bazar California Healthline Within a few months, probably in May, children who live in California and are in the country illegally will gain access to full Medi-Cal benefits. Between 170,000 to 250,000 children up to […]
By Jay Hancock California Healthline The Obama administration tightened rules Monday for private insurance plans that administer most Medicaid benefits for the poor, limiting profits, easing enrollment and requiring minimum levels of participating doctors. For […]
By Mary Agnes Carey Kaiser Health Network Federal officials have unveiled their roadmap to a revamped Medicare physician payment system designed to reward doctors and other clinicians for the quality of care delivered, rather than the […]
Tricia Neuman Kaiser Family Foundation Sometimes it takes a call from a friend to take a fresh look at what’s going on in Medicare. My friend Craig, a rugged Coloradan, turned 65 a few years ago […]
By Ana B. Ibarra California Healthline A statewide social marketing campaign to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness has brought economic benefit to California’s economy, a new study says. How? By boosting the employability, productivity […]
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