Many Patients Struggling to Understand New Health Insurance
As soon as Deb Emerson, a former high school teacher from Oroville, Calif., bought a health plan in January through the state’s insurance exchange, she felt overwhelmed. She couldn’t figure out what...
View ArticleMedi-Cal expansion will test capacity
In less than one year, the Affordable Care Act's promise to bring health care to perhaps 1 million more California residents will be tested. On Jan. 1, 2014, Medi-Cal, the publicly funded health...
View ArticleCalifornia's Medi-Cal program for poor grows to 12 million
Since California embraced the federal health care overhaul, the state's Medicaid program for the poor has added more than 2.7 million people, a surprisingly high number that has left the state to...
View ArticleDoctors brace for pain as 10% cut to Medi-Cal rates looms
In a office decorated with Chinese art and diagrams of body parts, Dr. George Ma cares for more than 4,000 patients. Nearly three-quarters are covered by Medi-Cal, the state's public insurance program...
View ArticleMedi-Cal director talks shortages and modernization
Since California's health insurance program for the poor was expanded under the Affordable Care Act last year, enrollment has exploded, with more than 3.5 million people signing up for the first time....
View ArticleGovernor’s Deep Medi-Cal Cuts Hurt Vulnerable Patients, Compromise Access to...
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following statement on Gov. Jerry Brown’s revised budget was issued by Dave Regan, President of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW), on behalf of We...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Medi-Cal program for poor grows to 12 million
SACRAMENTO >> Since California embraced the federal health care overhaul, the state’s Medicaid program for the poor has added more than 2.7 million people, a surprisingly high number that has...
View ArticleCalifornia tries to deal with huge increase in Medi-Cal recipients
Not long ago, Dr. Del Morris, the new president of the California Academy of Family Physicians, thinks he caught a glimpse of the future of Medi-Cal, the state's health-care program for the poor. And...
View ArticleUCLA study offers hope on emergency room crowding
A new UCLA study has found that while people enrolled in low-cost, government-run health plans visit emergency rooms at high rates soon after becoming insured, the number falls dramatically within a...
View ArticleMedicaid privatization may pose risk to those with complicated health needs
Florida’s decision to privatize government-subsidized healthcare for more than 3 million Medicaid recipients will lower costs and improve care, state leaders say. But the new managed care system is...
View ArticleSpike in ER, Hospitalization Use Short-Lived After Medicaid Expansion
While the Medicaid expansion may lead to a dramatic rise in emergency room use and hospitalizations for previously uninsured people, that increase is largely temporary and should not lead to a dramatic...
View ArticleState auditor expected to report on Medi-Cal managed care on Tuesday
An audit is expected to be released Tuesday evaluating how well the state is providing access to healthcare through the managed care plans that cover most Medicaid patients in California.lRelated...
View ArticleCalifornia makes significant progress in enrolling the uninsured, survey finds
A significant portion of previously uninsured Californians gained medical coverage through the nation’s health care law — about six in 10 during the state’s first open enrollment, according to a survey...
View ArticleCalifornia expands Medi-Cal while continuing cuts
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has been praised by health advocates for its early embrace of the federal health care expansion, but the new state budget has raised questions about its commitment...
View ArticleDAN WALTERS: MEDI-CAL ENROLLEES SOAR PAST 12 MILLION
Sacramento The Supreme Court will soon decide whether residents of states that refused to implement Obamacare are entitled to federal insurance subsidies. Whatever it decides, the court’s decree will...
View ArticleBroad Coalition of Doctors, Nurses, Hospitals and Other Healthcare Leaders...
SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 11, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "We Care for California," a broad coalition of doctors, nurses, hospitals, workers, and other healthcare leaders, launched a statewide paid...
View ArticleState auditor finds holes in Medi-Cal plans
A calls into question whether there are enough providers to serve the 9 million Californians now enrolled in Medi-Cal managed care plans across the state. Released Tuesday morning, the report finds...
View ArticleAsk Emily: More Californians face Medi-Cal death fee
If you have Medi-Cal, chances are you get your health care for free — until you die, that is. Since 1993, Medi-Cal — California’s version of the federal Medicaid program — has sought repayment of many...
View ArticleREPORT REVEALS MEDI-CAL PROBLEMS
A new report highlights significant shortcomings in the Medi-Cal program — from inaccurate doctor directories to an overwhelmed ombudsman program that has seen the number of rejected phone calls spike...
View ArticleMillions Of Previously Uninsured Gain Health Care In California, Survey Finds
A significant portion of previously uninsured Californians gained medical coverage through the nation’s health care law – about six in 10 during the state’s first open enrollment, according to a survey...
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