Health Insurance

Medi-Cal cuts will strain hospitals already operating at a loss. The fallout: fewer services and higher costs for the privately insured too.

California’s uninsured rate could nearly double by 2030, with the sharpest losses hitting Black, Asian, and Latino residents in Southern California. A new documentary reveals the human toll behind the numbers, including families navigating Medi-Cal amid immigration raids and looming benefit cuts.

Dr. and Lady Glaucomflecken — otherwise known as Will and Kristin Flanary — are using humor for healthcare advocacy and education.

A bill to require that health insurance plans for public employees cover weight-loss drugs is running into opposition from the California Public Employees Retirement System.

While the nonprofit is negotiating with a national carrier over the operation of its Medicare Advantage plan, a majority of its health insurance business will wind down by 2027.

The scope of U.S. District Court Judge Mustafa Kasubhai’s ruling won’t be known until next week at the earliest, but his temporary ruling sides with Oregon Right To Life, the Keizer-based nonprofit that filed a lawsuit in 2023.

In an internal email to staff, Chief Financial Officer Greg Hoffman said the organization’s top priority is “continuity and stability.”

Covered California enrollment fell 2.7% following the end of enhanced federal premium assistance. That’s better than expected, but many people are making concessions to afford staying insured.

A bill that requires some health insurance companies to provide free exams and tests to diagnose cervical cancer has passed both chambers in the Oregon legislature.

Roughly two million people rely on California’s health insurance marketplace, known as Covered California, to purchase coverage plans. The marketplace’s open enrollment period ends Jan. 31, but officials are reporting that new enrollment numbers are down compared to last year.

But a leader of the state’s top hospital industry group called the research “disconnected from reality and tone deaf.”

Open enrollment starts in November for people who don't get health insurance through their employer. Prices are up and government subsidies are in limbo this year.