California will cover doula services for low-income residents at more than twice the state’s initial proposed rate under a spending plan lawmakers passed last week. Some advocates welcomed the new benefit in Medi-Cal, the ... [Continue Reading]
Medicaid Weighs Attaching Strings to Nursing Home Payments to Improve Patient Care
The Biden administration is considering a requirement that the nation’s 15,500 nursing homes spend most of their payments from Medicaid on direct care for residents and limit the amount that is used for operations, maintenance, and capital ... [Continue Reading]
A Deep Dive Into the Widening Mortality Gap Across the Political Aisle
New research indicates politics may be a matter of life or death. A study published June 7 by the BMJ examined mortality rates and voting patterns in the past five presidential elections, and found that people who lived in ... [Continue Reading]
Fallas informáticas y errores humanos en la cobertura de seguros siguen siendo un dolor de cabeza para los californianos
Desde que California amplió la cobertura de salud bajo la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA), un gran número de personas se ha inscrito por error en Covered California, el programa estatal para quienes compran su propio seguro, o ... [Continue Reading]