California is exploring a bold and controversial new plan to rein in health care spending by letting the state government set medical prices. The bill will no doubt face significant opposition from the health care […]
In one of the most aggressive efforts in the nation to curb soaring healthcare spending, a new California measure would put the state in charge of setting prices for hospital stays, doctor’s visits and most […]
A new report prepared for the California Health Care Foundation reviews California’s Medicaid rate-setting process and offers recommendations for adjustments to that process to encourage health plan investments in health-related benefits and services that improve […]
Congress in 2017 failed to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act. But the health law has been changed in many other ways over the past year and a half. Some changes were made by […]
A California fight between dialysis clinics and a major hospital workers’ union has healthcare industry investors and stakeholders jittery as the union gets ready to push a ballot initiative to cap private insurance reimbursements for […]
Air conditioners for people with asthma, healthy groceries, rides to medical appointments and home-delivered meals may be among the new benefits offered to Medicare beneficiaries who choose private sector health plans, when new federal rules […]
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