Author: Bernard J. Wolfson
Battle Lines Are Drawn Over California Deal With Kaiser Permanente
California counties, health insurance plans, community clinics, and a major national health care labor union are lining up against a controversial deal to grant HMO…
Record Fines Might Mean California Is Finally Serious About Improving Medi-Cal
Is California getting tougher on health plans that participate in Medi-Cal, the state’s insurance program for low-income residents? A few weeks ago, state regulators imposed a record…
What the Federal ‘No Surprises Act’ Means in California
Betty Chow, a Los Angeles resident, had a cervical disc replaced in August 2020 at a surgery center that was part of her Anthem Blue…
California’s Reboot of Troubled Medi-Cal Puts Pressure on Health Plans
When Denise Williams’ baby boy was 2 months old, she became alarmed by a rattling sound in his lungs and took him to the emergency…
Leader of California’s Muscular Obamacare Exchange to Step Down
Peter Lee, who has steered California’s Affordable Care Act marketplace since late 2011 and helped mold it into a model of what the federal health…
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