Insurers, customers brace for double whammy to Obamacare premiums
Most of the 24 million people in Affordable Care Act health plans face double-digit premium increases next year.
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Surprise medical bills were supposed to be a thing of the past. Here’s why they’re not
The No Surprises Act protects patients primarily from only one particularly egregious type of surprise bill.
Grave errors at rehab hospitals going unpenalized and undisclosed
Medicare data shows that Encompass owns many of the rehabs with worse rates of potentially preventable, unplanned readmissions to general hospitals.
Insurers fight state laws restricting surprise ambulance bills
As more states pass such legislation, concerns grow about raising premiums.
In a nation growing hostile toward drugs and homelessness, Los Angeles tries leniency
Evidence shows the approach help people gain sobriety and end their homelessness.
Workplace mental health at risk as key federal agency faces cuts
The workplace is the new ground zero for addressing mental health.
How cuts to premier cancer institute will hurt Southern California patients
People like Big Bear Lake resident Mike Etchamendy count on clinical trials to survive. “You cut funding there, you’re going to cut major research on cancer.”
As mosquito season peaks, officials brace for new normal of dengue cases
Health and vector control officials are bracing for another year of historic rates of dengue.
California immigrants weigh health coverage against deportation risk
Immigrants without legal status are facing a Medi-Cal enrollment freeze next year, and ICE raids are sparking fear among those who would sign up now.
California’s much-touted IVF law may be delayed until 2026
Even if the law took effect July 1, it wouldn’t require IVF coverage to start until the month an employer’s contract renews with its insurer.