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CA approves more funding for children's hospitals

November 6, 2008 — 11:48am ET | By Dan Bowman
Voters in California approved a bond measure that will allot $930 million to the "construction, expansion and remodeling" of children's hospitals, reports Modern Healthcare. Known as Proposition 3,... Read more...

CA ambulatory surgery centers remain in legal limbo

August 25, 2008 — 10:45am ET | By Anne Zieger
In California, as elsewhere in the U.S., ambulatory surgical centers have been wildly successful, and their numbers have been expanding rapidly. As of 2005, there were about 4,500 in operation,... Read more...

CT may file bill requiring health plans to issue individual policies

August 19, 2008 — 9:27am ET | By Anne Zieger
Even when you're not dealing with the thorny issue of policy rescissions--which has been so colorfully the case in California--individual health insurance policies are a tricky bet at best. Insurers... Read more...

CA bill would require discussion of end-of-life options

July 7, 2008 — 5:32am ET | By Anne Zieger
A new measure is under consideration in the California state Senate that would require doctors there to discuss a variety of end-of-life options with terminally ill patients--or refer patients to... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Pharma can't meet CA tracking deadline

March 25, 2008 — 7:59am ET
It's a case pitting grand intentions against market realities. California wanted to become the first state to require all prescription drugs to be tracked from factory to patient. The aim: prevent... Read more...

Study: CA immigrants face big language barriers

March 24, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Despite the region's huge immigrant population, southern California's healthcare providers aren't doing well in negotiating language barriers created by the region's complex mix of residents. A new... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: CA cancellations bring national attention to issue

March 10, 2008 — 7:59am ET
In recent months, California regulators have tightened the screws on health insurers who allegedly cancel individual policies as soon as patients rack up bills. Their efforts have turned up so many... Read more...

Kaiser assessed record-breaking $3 million fine

July 26, 2007 — 6:59am ET
Kaiser Permanente is being assessed a record $3 million fine by the state of California's Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC). The state says Kaiser hasn't done a good enough job of... Read more...

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