06/01/2010 This week, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the health care reform legislation recently passed by the US Congress officially comes home to California. As many as 20 bills [...]
The California Senate is expected to vote this week on Senate Bill 1395 that would create the first living donor registry in the country. Sponsored by Senate Health Committee Chair Elaine [...]
California has notified the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) that it will administer their own high-risk pool instead of allowing the federal government to implement the program. Last Friday, [...]
A study conducted by Manhattan Research of over 2,000 U.S. physicians indicates that physicians are spending eight hours online each week in 2010. In 2006 it was reported that they spent 4.5 [...]
Yesterday the Assembly Health Committee approved bill AB1602 that would create the California Health Benefit Exchange to allow individuals and small business to purchase private health insurance coverage. The new national [...]
An article in USA Today states that UnitedHealthCare, Humana, Kaiser Permanente, and WellPoint will let adult children stay on their parents' health plans until age 26. The law takes effect on [...]
Health Net Inc was distinguished as an Official Honoree in the insurance category for the 14th Annual Webby Awards. Of the over 8,000 entries, less than 15% were distinguished as an Official [...]
On April 15, Congress approved HR 4851 that would temporarily extend unemployment benefits, including subsidies to help purchase COBRA coverage. The bill also delays a scheduled cut to Medicare physician payments. [...]
A very interesting smartphone and heath care report was just released by Jane Sarasoh-Kahn of the California Healthcare Foundation. The focus of her report is the recent adoption of and use of smartphones by [...]
The Journal of the American Medical Association released details about the relationship of persons with financial concerns or lack of heath insurance and the time lapse between the onset of a [...]
