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Sep 10th, 2008
California's budget impasse -- the longest in state history -- could force health care providers across the state to stop services if an agreement is not reached soon.
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Sep 5th, 2008
California lawmakers last weekend approved several bills aimed at providing consumers protection against certain health insurer practices, but industry experts say the proposed changes still fall short of comprehensive health reform.
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Sep 3rd, 2008
California health insurers say legislation that would require them to spend at least 85% of premium revenue on health benefit expenses would not address the underlying causes of rising health care costs or improve the quality of care.
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Sep 3rd, 2008
AB 1894 California health insurance legislation (Krekorian, D - Burbank) will advance the fight against HIV/AIDS for the CA residents and compel health insurance companies to provide coverage for routine HIV tests.
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Sep 2nd, 2008
In the face of a national campaign on behalf of Nick Colombo, insurance giant PacifiCare reversed its decisions and agreed to critically needed cancer treatments for the 17-year-old. The decision came after the company was overwhelmed by calls organized by Nick’s friends and family, along with RNs from the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, and Netroots activists.
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Sep 2nd, 2008
The stories of everyday Americans will make the case for guaranteed affordable health insurance and health care.
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Aug 27th, 2008
California health officials have asked U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder to suspend an injunction that she issued against a 10% reduction in Medi-Cal reimbursement rates for health care providers.
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Aug 14th, 2008
About 3,400 California residents whose health insurance was canceled by Kaiser Permanente, Health Net and PacifiCare soon will be notified that they might be eligible for new coverage and compensation for medical bills incurred while they were uninsured.
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Jul 31st, 2008
The State of California did not enact the Fiscal Year 2008-09 budget by June 30, 2008. The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) directed the fiscal intermediary (EDS) to continue to pay Medi-Cal practitioners per federal mandate and continue to pay Medi-Cal institutional providers through the Medical Providers Interim Payment (MPIP) fund until the loan is exhausted.
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Jul 3rd, 2008
Although city officials estimated in July 2007 that Healthy San Francisco would offer access to health care to all city residents by January, the program one year later remains open only to individuals with incomes up to 300% of the federal poverty level.
