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California adds patients to health insurance rolls
More than 6,000 with preexisting conditions are getting coverage for medical care under a temporary program.
Read the Article>Report: Fixing health law ‘glitch’ would expand subsidies to tens of thousands
Health insurance premiums rising faster than incomes for California families, study reveals
The numbers are sobering, and they are one reason why wages have stagnated, experts say.
Read the Article>California's healthcare spending per person among lowest in U.S.
Eight percent of Californians need mental-health care
Just under 2 million Californians have mental-health problems or illnesses that require treatment, but only a fraction of them receive care, according to a report released Wednesday by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
Read the Article>Healthy San Francisco, City's Universal Health Plan, Rests On Unstable Funding
Four years ago, San Francisco launched a grand experiment, becoming the first city in the nation to offer comprehensive health care to its growing ranks of uninsured.
Read the Article>Family health care premiums exceed 20% of income
Family health insurance premiums in California went up 52 percent between 2003 and 2010 and now exceed 20 percent of income, according to a study released today.
Read the Article>Healthy San Francisco's Lessons for National Health Reform
Anthem Blue Cross sued over higher medical insurance deductibles
For the second time in eight months, California health insurer Anthem Blue Cross is being sued over allegations that it has breached contracts with individual policyholders for hiking annual insurance deductibles in the middle of the year.
Read the Article>Calif. health insurance initiative drive started
A consumer group started an effort this week to get an initiative on the ballot that would give the state insurance commissioner the power to accept or reject excessive health insurance rates.
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