Have you ever sat in the emergency room with a legitimate emergency only to be put behind what seemed like dozens of people ahead of you? Did some seem like their “emergency” wasn’t a real emergency? It isn’t your imagination. Actually, it’s happening all over the United States. Many people go to the emergency room [...]
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Emergency Room Woes Go Beyond the Long Wait
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The Individual Mandate Provision: Unconstitutional or a Necessary Component of Healthcare Reform?
Just weeks before the courts are set to hear oral arguments about health reform legal challenges, a new poll was released by the Kaiser Family Foundation that confirms most Americans find the individual mandate provision of President Obama’s health reform to be unconstitutional. The tax penalty known as the “individual mandate” states that beginning in [...]
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California Healthcare Costs on Rise as Benefits Shrink: Says New Survey
We all know that the healhcare industry is in flux right now and for Californians, it is even more uncertain. The annual California Employer Health Benefits Survey was released last Wednesday by the California HealthCare Foundation, a research and grant-making nonprofit organization. Among the findings, it seems fewer California companies offered their workers health insurance [...]
Report Shows California’s Healthcare Spending Per Person Among the Lowest in U.S.
According to new federal data, healthcare spending in California is well below the national average, largely because of high numbers of uninsured and low Medi-Cal reimbursement rates. A Los Angeles Times article this week considers the news to be “more evidence that the Golden State has lost some of its luster… California spends less per [...]
California Hospital Group Sues Over Cuts to Medi-Cal Program
In a Los Angeles Times article written this week, the trade group for California’s hospitals announced they will be suing the state and federal officials to block a 10% cut in government reimbursements for healthcare providers who treat low-income patients. In the lawsuit, the California Hospital Association said that “cuts to the Medi-Cal insurance program [...]
Blue Shield to return $283 million in excess profits to policyholders in California
Making recent headlines, Blue Shield of California has announced it will give customers in the state a $283-million credit on their insurance premiums, saying it is fulfilling a promise to return money to policyholders when its net income exceeds 2% of revenue. As discussed in an article in the Los Angeles Times, this action, on [...]
California Could Pose Problem for Obama’s Healthcare Reform
For more than a year, as conservative states have battled President Obama’s healthcare law, California was supposed to be a model that showed the law’s promise. In an article written this week by the Los Angeles Times, California is now emerging as one of the biggest headaches for the White House in its bid to [...]
