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Scientists Race To Stop Bird Flu Spread: The H5N1 virus, afflicting cows in 645 California dairies, is spreading so quickly that dairy farmers are calling it “Covid for cows.”Even as ranchers have enacted precautions, the race is on to figure out how to stop the contagion affecting the nation’s largest milk producer.
Ballot Measure on New Medi-Cal Spending Has Broad Support, …
Sep 18, 2024 · The Yes on Prop 35 campaign has raised over $48 million as of Sept. 9, according to campaign filings with the secretary of state. The measure would use money from a tax on managed-care health plans mainly to hike the pay of physicians, hospitals, community clinics, and other providers in Medi-Cal, the state’s version of Medicaid.
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Dec 13, 2024 · More Than A Dozen California Democrats Voted For Anti-Trans Provision: Thirteen California Democrats voted to pass legislation that included a GOP provision to ban gender-affirming care for minors. Many of them said the defense bill was too important to vote against but that they opposed the piece targeting care for transgender youth.
Catholic Hospital Offered Bucket, Towels to Woman It Denied an …
Oct 4, 2024 · The case illustrates how even in California, where the right to an abortion is enshrined in state law, there’s a glaring loophole. Catholic hospitals, which restrict reproductive health care because they follow the church’s “Ethical and Religious Directives,” are aggressively expanding nationally by acquiring secular hospitals.In …
Medi-Cal Enrollees: Here’s How to Verify Your Eligibility
May 5, 2023 · Medi-Cal, the state’s version of the Medicaid health insurance program for low-income residents, has embarked on a 14-month effort to reexamine the eligibility of its nearly 15.8 million members.It is part of the massive “unwinding” being undertaken by all state Medicaid programs after three pandemic years during which their rolls swelled.
California’s Homelessness Crisis Is Homegrown, Study Finds
Jun 20, 2023 · The new findings by leading researchers at the University of California show that at least 90% of adults who are experiencing homelessness in the state became homeless while living in California due primarily to the dire lack of affordable housing. “This idea that homeless people are rushing into California is just not true,” said Margot Kushel, a physician who treats homeless people and ...
California Governor Signs Law Banning Medical Debt From Credit …
California lawmakers noted that medical debt — unlike other kinds of debt — isn’t an accurate reflection of credit risk, and its inclusion can depress credit scores and make it hard for people to get a job, rent an apartment, or secure a car loan. But California lawmakers have left a glaring loophole. Patients who pay hospital bills using medical credit cards or medical specialty loans ...
New California Law Offers Fresh Protection From Steep Ambulance …
Nov 6, 2023 · In California, nearly three-quarters of emergency ground ambulance rides result in out-of-network bills. The average surprise bill for a ground ambulance ride in California is $1,209, the highest in the nation, according to a December study.. The new law, which applies to about 14 million Californians enrolled in state-regulated commercial health plans, limits how much a non-network ambulance ...
California Expanded Medi-Cal to Unauthorized Residents. The …
Nov 4, 2024 · Democratic state Assembly member Joaquin Arambula in 2022 proposed legislation to allow the approximately 520,000 uninsured unauthorized residents who earn more than 138% of the federal poverty level to apply for state-subsidized health coverage through Covered California, the state’s health exchange. The bill, however, died in committee this year.
Medi-Cal’s Dental Care Gap: Getting a Tooth Pulled Is Easy — …
Aug 7, 2024 · One of the bills moving through the California Legislature would expand Medi-Cal coverage of dental implants — artificial tooth roots implanted into the jawbone that support artificial teeth — and crowns, giving patients with broken or missing teeth more options.. Currently, Medi-Cal covers implants only when “exceptional medical conditions are documented,” according to the state’s ...