News Health Care Coalition Jockeys Over Medi-Cal Spending, Eyes Ballot… Greg Hartmann May 31, 2023 SACRAMENTO — Influential health care interests are jockeying over a potential infusion of $19.4 billion into Medi-Cal,…
News How a Medical Recoding May Limit Cancer Patients’ Options for Breast… Greg Hartmann May 31, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhL7IaQMrEg The federal government is reconsidering a decision that breast cancer…
News Readers and Tweeters Weigh Marijuana’s Merits Against Those of Alcohol or… Greg Hartmann May 31, 2023 Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and…
News California Governor and Democratic Lawmakers at Odds Over Billions in… Greg Hartmann May 30, 2023 Angela Hart SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When Gov. Gavin Newsom took office four years ago, the Democrat went after Republicans on the…
News Many People Living in the ‘Diabetes Belt’ Are Plagued With Medical Debt Greg Hartmann May 30, 2023 Robert Benincasa, NPR and Nick McMillan, NPR Delores Lowery remembers vividly the day in 2016 when she was working in a weaving…
News Mammograms at 40? Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Spark Fresh Debate Greg Hartmann May 30, 2023 While physicians mostly applauded a government-appointed panel’s recommendation that women get routine mammography…
News Cardiovascular Disease Is Primed to Kill More Older Adults, Especially… Greg Hartmann May 30, 2023 Judith Graham Cardiovascular disease — the No. 1 cause of death among people 65 and older — is poised to become more prevalent…
News A Catch-22 for Clinics: State Bans Limit Abortion Counseling. Federal Title… Greg Hartmann May 26, 2023 Rachana Pradhan State abortion bans in Tennessee and beyond, which constrain women’s health care, have put family planning…
News Denials of Health Insurance Claims Are Rising — And Getting Weirder Greg Hartmann May 26, 2023 Millions of Americans in the past few years have run into this experience: filing a health care insurance claim that…
News Pequeñas comunidades rurales se han convertido en campos de batalla por el… Greg Hartmann May 26, 2023 West Wendover, Nevada — En abril, Mark Lee Dickson llegó a esta ciudad de 4,500 habitantes que bordea la frontera con…