Primary Care Doctors 鈥楴ot Doing Enough鈥 To Curb STDs
As rates of sexually transmitted diseases surge, public health officials want physicians to step up screening and treatment of patients.
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As Billions In Tax Dollars Flow To Private Medicaid Plans, Who鈥檚 Minding The Store?
Insurance companies profit from government contracts but are subject to little oversight of how they spend the money or care for patients. The expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act has only exacerbated the problem.
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Podcast: KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥 Republicans鈥 Preexisting Political Problem
In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Joanne Kenen of Politico discuss how protections for people with preexisting conditions have become a top issue in the elections, Trump administration efforts to make prescription drug prices more public and the start of Medicare鈥檚 annual open-enrollment period. Plus, Rovner interviews California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.
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Children鈥檚 Hospitals Again Cry For Help From Voters. But Are They Really Hurting?
California鈥檚 13 children鈥檚 hospitals are asking voters in November to approve $1.5 billion in bonds to help them pay for construction and equipment, the third such measure in 14 years. Some health care experts and election analysts believe the repeated financial requests aren鈥檛 justified.
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GOP Gubernatorial Candidate John Cox: Limit Government In Health Care
John Cox, California鈥檚 Republican candidate for governor, contends that policies on abortion, health insurance and health care access should be guided by the conservative ideals of free market competition and personal responsibility. He hasn鈥檛 offered specific policy positions on health care, except that government should largely stay out of it.
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Hidden Drugs And Danger Lurk In Over-The-Counter Supplements, Study Finds
Dieters and gym rats, beware. Some dietary supplements promising weight loss or more muscle may contain active ingredients not listed on the label that fly under the radar of the Food and Drug Administration. The California Department of Public Health analyzed public data maintained by the FDA to suss out trends among tainted products, raising red flags.
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Facebook Live: The Cancer Divide
Californians and Americans are living longer with cancer 鈥 but some are living longer than others. California Healthline鈥檚 Facebook Live addresses disparities in cancer diagnosis, treatment and care 鈥 and what can be done about them.
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Patient Advocacy Or Political Ploy? Union, Industry Square Off Over Dialysis Initiative
The measure, which will appear on the November ballot, seeks to cap industry profits. The SEIU-UHW union has raised almost $17 million, but opponents from the industry have invested more than four times that.
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Feds Settle Huge Whistleblower Suit Over Medicare Advantage Fraud
A DaVita subsidiary will pay $270 million over allegations that it cheated the federal government for years.
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Judges In California Losing Sway Over Court-Ordered Drug Treatment
In a Medicaid-funded pilot project starting with 19 counties, clinicians and other providers are now in charge of deciding what kind of treatment an offender needs. The change has rankled some judges and attorneys 鈥 and forced some felons to spend more time in jail 鈥 but it has been largely embraced by clinicians and county agencies.
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Eat, Toke Or Vape: Teens Not Too Picky When It Comes To Pot鈥檚 Potpourri
State legalization efforts, as well as the introduction of edible or vaporized cannabis- infused products, may be contributing to experimentation by teens.
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Threat To The ACA Turns Up The Heat On Attorney General Races
As Republican and Democratic attorneys general square off on a Texas case that threatens to dismantle consumer protections in the federal health law, campaigns across the country for states鈥 highest legal officer get hotter.
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鈥楶hysicians Of The Mouth鈥? Dentists Absorb The Medical Billing Drill
Health insurance generally pays more than dental insurance, and newly minted experts say it鈥檚 legitimate to bill medical plans for services extending beyond tooth care. Medical insurers caution against inappropriate billing and fraud.
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Simple Surgeries. Tragic Results.
Despite Red Flags At Surgery Centers, Overseers Award Gold Seals
A decade ago, California stopped licensing surgery centers and then gave approval power to private accreditors that are commonly paid by the same centers they inspect. That system of oversight has created a troubling legacy of laxity, a Kaiser Health News investigation finds.
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From Syria To Southern California: Refugees Seek Care For Wounds Of War
A clinic in El Cajon, Calif., treats patients recovering from anything from gunshot wounds to PTSD and anxiety about family left behind.
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Paper Jam: California鈥檚 Medicaid Program Hits 鈥楶rint鈥 When The Feds Need Info
Amid the buzz over apps and electronic medical records rescuing modern medicine, California鈥檚 Medicaid program still clings to 1970s-era technology. A reboot may cost half a billion dollars.
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Doctor To The Stars Disciplined Over Use Of Controversial Menopause Therapy聽
Dr. Prudence Hall has made a name for herself聽in the field of 鈥渂ioidentical hormones鈥 鈥 plant-based compounds purportedly customized for each patient鈥檚 needs. Experts say the popular approach is unproven; California regulators say she was grossly negligent in her care of two patients.
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California: A Health Care Laboratory With Mixed Results
California frequently innovates to address its wide-ranging health care needs, but it has not always achieved its aims. A series of articles in the journal Health Affairs shows, among other things, that efforts to care for HIV patients, provide better access to reproductive services for low-income women and fill gaps in primary care have sometimes fallen flat.
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As California Hospitals Sweep Up Physician Practices, Patients See Higher Bills
A Health Affairs study quantifies the financial effects of such mergers on consumers and their insurers. The hospital industry and doctor practices say the consolidation leads to better coordination of care.
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A Texas Lawsuit Being Heard This Week Could Mean Life Or Death For The ACA
On Wednesday, a federal judge in Fort Worth, Texas, is set to hear arguments from Republican attorneys general who want him to strike down the federal health law and from Democratic counterparts who say the law is constitutional and should remain.
By Julie Rovner