What the Federal ‘No Surprises Act’ Means in California
网页2022年1月26日 · The No Surprises Act covers all privately insured people in employer-sponsored and individual/family health plans. Medicare and Medicaid already protect their enrollees against nasty billing surprises. The new federal law, which is largely in sync with California’s, bans balance billing for nonemergency care by out-of-network providers at in ...
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网页US Uninsured Rate Was Stable in 2023, Even as States’ Medicaid Purge Began. By Phil Galewitz September 10, 2024. About 8% of Americans lacked health insurance in 2023, the Census Bureau announced. But its report doesn’t capture the effect of states winnowing their Medicaid rolls by millions of people since the pandemic emergency ended.
GOP Charge That Harris Backed Taxpayer-Funded Care for All …
网页2024年8月1日 · YouTube, former President Donald Trump rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, July 24, 2024. YouTube, Democratic presidential primary debate in Miami, June 27, 2019. X, Republican National Committee post of Jake Tapper’s State of the Union interview with Kamala Harris, remarking on immigrant health care, July 23, 2024. Email interview with …
Alzheimer’s Inc.: Colleagues Question ... - California Healthline
网页2020年12月16日 · Dr. Dale Bredesen is a well-known, well-respected neurologist. But his colleagues think the comprehensive Alzheimer’s program he’s marketing through a private company is a mixture of free-for-the-asking common sense and unproven interventions.
How To Find Medical Care If You’re Uninsured
网页2015年4月7日 · About 5 million Californians have new health coverage as a result of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), both through the Covered California health insurance exchange and the expansion of Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program for low-income residents. But millions of others remain uninsured – by circumstance or by choice. Up to half of …
California’s $25 Health Care Hourly Wage ... - California Healthline
网页2024年6月25日 · The minimum wage hike for more than 400,000 health workers, which will be phased in over several years, was to start June 1, but will now begin no earlier than Oct. 15 and no later than Jan. 1 under a budget deal announced June 22. The legislature is expected to approve the changes and Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign them into law before …
Bay Area Cities Go to War Over Gas Stoves in Homes and …
网页By Miranda Green February 16, 2021. San Francisco restaurant owners are ready to boil over because of a city ban on natural gas stoves in new buildings set to take effect in June. While environmentalists say gas appliances spew greenhouse gases and exacerbate asthma, restaurant owners and chefs say you can’t cook food properly with electricity.
New California Law Makes It Easier to Get Care for Mental Health …
网页2021年2月11日 · Karen Bailey’s 20-year-old daughter has struggled with depression and anxiety for years. Since 2017, she’s been in three intensive group therapy programs and, each time, the family’s insurer cut her coverage short, says Bailey.
State Legislature Passes New MCO Tax, Rescues Over $1 Billion for …
网页2016年3月1日 · The California legislature Monday approved a new health care tax, capping a months-long quest to safeguard over $1 billion in annual Medi-Cal funding the federal government had threatened to take away. The three-year tax on managed care organizations is expected to bring in nearly $1.4 billion a year to fund Medi-Cal, the state …
What Older Americans Need to Know About Taking Paxlovid
网页2023年1月18日 · In patients 65 and older, most of whom had been vaccinated or previously had covid, hospitalizations were reduced by 73% and deaths by 79%. Still, several factors have obstructed Paxlovid’s use among older adults, including doctors’ concerns about drug interactions and patients’ concerns about possible “rebound” infections and side ...