health care

• Lawmakers: Health care districts must unleash bank accounts–unions wants the $$$
      Lawmakers: Health care districts must unleash bank accounts Bill would direct at least 95 percent of annual funding for community health By [...]
• Strickland: Reuseable Grocery Bags are Health Hazards
      Strickland To Public Health Doubters: Reusable Bag Awareness Campaign Needed Now by Senator Tony Strickland, 5/11/12 SACRAMENTO, CA – State Senator [...]
• ObamaCare: Taxing Jobs Out of Existence
    Taxing jobs out of existence by George F. Will, Human Events, 05/09/2012 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Bill Hewlett and David Packard, tinkering in [...]
• Guv Brown Tries to Move 200,000 Kids From Private Health Insurance to Gov’t Subsidized Medi-Cal
      Brown’s proposal on child health meets strong opposition By Daniel Weintraub, California Health Report, 5/8/12 Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to shift nearly [...]
• SEIU Drops Ballot Measures to Control Hospitals
      California hospital labor groups drop November ballot plans Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal by David Goll, 5/3/12 Officials of the [...]
• California moves forward with insurance Exchange–Ultimately Billions in Subsidies
      California moves forward with insurance Exchange By Joshua Emerson Smith, HealthyCal.org, 4/24/12 Despite a potentially disruptive U.S. Supreme Court decision expected this [...]
• UCLA Discusses Rationing of Health Care As a Societal Need
    May 8 Center seminar: Rationing in health care? U.S. politicians and policymakers are preoccupied with how to pay for health care [...]
• Survey: No jobs for 43 percent of newly licensed nurses
      Survey: No jobs for 43 percent of newly licensed nurses Central Valley Business Times,  4/23/12 •  Lack of experience cited most [...]
• Union Nurses Pretend to Protect Children—Actually Oppose Saving $$ for Health Care
    Nurses Protest Closure of Pediatric Unit at Kaiser in Hayward By Bay City News Service, 4/17/12 Nurses and community groups are holding [...]
• Home births on the rise in California
      Home births on the rise in California By Hannah Guzik, California Health Report, Healthy Cal,  4/16/12 A growing number of California babies [...]
• Del Beccaro: No, Mr. Carville, the supreme defeat of ObamaCare will hurt Democrats
  No, Mr. Carville, the supreme defeat of ObamaCare will hurt Democrats by Thomas Del Beccaro, Human Events, 04/10/2012 What a difference a Supreme [...]
• Insurers Making Clients Pay for State Demanded Freebies—State Upset
      Aetna defies state with small-biz rate hike Sacramento Business Journal by Kathy Robertson, 4/6/12 Aetna hiked premium rates for small-business owners on [...]
• Stuart Varney Says California is the Formerly Golden State
  We’ve been saying it for a while, California ain’t what it used to be. Today we have a brand new [...]
• Oakland Gov’t Schools: Putting healthcare where kids trip over it
      Putting healthcare where kids trip over it By Callie Shanafelt, California Health Report 4/2/12 The Oakland Unified School District wants [...]
• Obamacare: If mandate goes, does the rest of federal reform also fall?
      If mandate goes, does the rest of federal reform also fall? By Daniel Weintraub, HealthCal,  3/28/12 The health reform law passed [...]
• Ludicrous Taxifornia Healthcare Proposal to Kill CA Small Business
    Ludicrous Taxifornia Healthcare Proposal: California Takes Yet Another Stab at Destroying Small Businesses; Obama-Care Supreme Court Arguments Start Monday Mish’s Economic [...]
• Obamacare: Nancy Pelosi Was the Only Honest Democrat
    Obamacare: Nancy Pelosi Was the Only Honest Democrat Yid with a Lid,  3/23/12 Growing up , my friends used to tell me [...]
• CA Unfunded Health Care Liabilities=$62.1 BILLION
      Unions Send Doctor Bills to Taxpayers: Steven Greenhut By Steven Greenhut, Bloomberg, 3/15/12 The U.S. public pension mess, with its $2 trillion [...]
• Cost of CA State Retiree’s Health Care: $62.1 billion in 30 years
    True costs of California’s state retirees’ health insurance penciled out Central Valley Business Times,  2/24/12 •  It adds up to $62.1 [...]
• TANSTAAFL or HC: That Aint’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch or Health Care
  Millions Of Californians Taking Advantage Of Health Care Reform By Kenny Goldberg, KPBS, 2/15/12 More than 9 million Californians got at least one [...]
• Grimes: Legislature Advances Dental Socialism
  Legislature Advances Dental Socialism By KATY GRIMES, Cal Watchdog, 2/14/12 As voters are growing increasingly wary of ObamaCare, the President’s nationalized [...]
• Unions NOT Unified in Harming Kaiser Patients
  Three Kaiser Unions Walk Out Again in California; SEIU Stays Put by Steve Early‚ Beyond Chron,  2/2/12 As [...]
• “Catholic” Hospitals Go Non Catholic–ObamaCare Kills Them and will Abort Babies
  Get real.  This is what the Catholic hospitals say, “Officials indicated that the move was not directly tied to the [...]
• CA Brings Socialized Health Care Back From Grave
    Socialized Health Care Back From Grave By DAVE ROBERTS, Cal Watchdog,  1/19/12 Like a bad horror movie in which the monster dies [...]
• Poll shows most small businesses fear Obama health care law
  [stextbox id="grey"] There is one sure way for President Obama to win election. All he has to do is grow jobs–quickly.  What [...]
• CA has largest pre-existing condition insurance plan –few 1,000–not Hundreds of Thousands
  California has largest pre-existing condition insurance plan Sacramento Business Journal [...]
• Problems finding new Medicare primary care doctors small but growing
  Problems finding new Medicare primary care doctors small but growing MedPAC’s chair calls the trend “worrisome” and says it’s another [...]
• Kaiser workers may be planning another strike –unions first, patients last–the union way
  If you are a client or patient at Kaiser, you need to know the nurses work for the unions, not [...]
• Obama’s Electronic Medical Records Requirements Already Causing Job Loss/Stupidity
  Obama’s Electronic medical Records Requirements Already Causing Job Loss -By Warner Todd Huston, Publisu Forum,  1/10/12 While the Old [...]
• ObamaCare in Canada: Wait times for surgery vault to record high of 19 weeks
          Wait times for surgery vault to record high of 19 weeks in Canada Fraser Institute, 12/12/11 VANCOUVER, BC—Canadians seeking surgical or [...]
• CA State agency wants money from Medi-Cal cut
  State agency wants money from Medi-Cal cut Sacramento Business Journal by Kathy Robertson, 12/13/11 State health officials, backed by federal approval to [...]
• Community clinics, county battle over healthcare reform in Fresno
  Community clinics, county battle over healthcare reform in Fresno The fight may be headed to court, advocates say By Tim Moran, Healthy [...]
• Gov’t Interference Causes Nurse Glut and Unemployment
  New California nursing graduates find it hard to get hired By Paresh Dave, Sacramento Bee,  12/04/11 TO SEE COMPLETE STORY CLICK ON [...]
• San Fran Employers: Found Loophole Out of Bankruptcy–Stick it to taxpayers
  Some employers drop private health plans for San Francisco’s subsidized public option Barbara Grady, SF Public Press, 11/16/11 Unintended consequences of city’s [...]
• Latest News of Obamacare’s Forthcoming Death Panels
  Latest News of Obamacare’s Forthcoming Death Panels -By Warner Todd Huston, Publius Forum,  11/30/11 Are you an elderly American? Well get ready [...]
• San Fran Employers: Found Loophole Out of Bankruptcy–Stick it to taxpayers
  Some employers drop private health plans for San Francisco’s subsidized public option Barbara Grady, SF Public Press, 11/16/11 Unintended consequences of city’s [...]
• Court strengthens public retiree health rights–and assures health system insovency quicker
  Court strengthens public retiree health rights Ed Mendel,  Cal Pensions,11/28/11 A state Supreme Court ruling last week could make it more difficult [...]
• Heart failure cases surge among Prime Hospital’s Medicare patients” $$ NOT Sickness
  Heart failure cases surge among Prime hospital’s Medicare patients Lance Williams, Stephen K. Doig and Christina Jewett, 11/27/11 Monica Lam/California WatchChino Valley [...]
• CA medical groups seek to block Medicaid cuts–Add to CA Deficit
  California medical groups seek to block Medicaid cuts Sacramento Business Journal by Eli Segall, 11/22/11 A coalition of medical advocacy groups has [...]
• ObamaCare Kills 1,000 Jobs in One Company–Raises Cost of Pacemakers
    Stryker Cuts 5% of Workforce in Response to Obamacare Future Mandates Capitol Commentary, 11/18/11 I don’t generally follow the day-to-day, in the [...]
• Since Obamacare’s Passage, Millions Have Lost Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
  Since Obamacare’s Passage, Millions Have Lost Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance By JEFFREY H. ANDERSON, Weekly Standard, 11/11/11 Throughout the Obamacare debate, President Obama [...]
• Greens to seniors: Die faster
  Greens to seniors: Die faster Steve Milloy, Junk Science, 11/9/11 If you are aged 66-83, you are part of a “clueless cohort” [...]
• Obama Plan is Working: Bay Area Hospitals Struggling with Drug Shortages
  Bay Area Hospitals Struggling with Drug Shortages Pharmacists must play “hunting game” for vital cancer medications By Katharine Mieszkowski, Bay Citizen,  11/4/11 As [...]
• Doctors Livid Over Medi-Cal Pay Cut–will stop seeing the poor
  Doctors Livid Over Medi-Cal Pay Cut By Kenny Goldberg, KPBS San Diego,  10/31/11 Doctors warn the recently approved 10 percent pay cut [...]
• Illegal aliens bankrupting CA’s Medicaid; Obama approves cuts
  Illegal aliens bankrupting California’s Medicaid; Obama approves cuts Jim Kouri, Examiner, 10/31/11 With hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens being covered by [...]
• Supreme Court to decide if suits can be filed over CA Medicaid cuts
  Supreme Court to decide if suits can be filed over Medicaid cuts By Sam Baker, The Hill, 10/29/11 The Obama administration’s decision [...]
• ObamaCare Board Cuts Specialist Pay 50%, cuts Primary Care Pay 30%–Rationing is to start
  ObamaCare Board Cuts Specialist Pay 50%, cuts Primary Care Pay 30% By Maggie, 10/27/11 The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC or MPAC) [...]
• CA Subsidized health insurance program falls far below target enrollment
  Subsidized health insurance program falls far below target enrollment Kathy Robertson, Sacramento Business Journal, 10/27/11 A subsidized state health insurance program that [...]
• Why Aren’t Seniors Yelling? Obama administration approves massive Medicaid cuts requested by CA
  Obama administration approves massive Medicaid cuts requested by California By Julian Pecquet, The Hill, 10/27/11 The Obama administration on Thursday approved hundreds [...]
• California Medi-Cal–About to End–NO DOCTORS WILLING TO TAKE NEW PATIENTS
  Doctors ask feds to review Medi-Cal rates http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/doctors-ask-feds-review-medi-cal-rates-13266 Christina Jewett,California Watch,  10/26/11 The California Medical Association is asking federal Medicaid authorities to review [...]
• Guv Brown/Legislature Determine Winners and Loser in Health Care Industry
  Physical Therapy Bill Blocks Regulatory Action Law blocks regulatory action against certain health care professionals By Frank Snepp and Tara Kangarlou, nbclosangeles, [...]
• Obama Jobs Bill Could Dry Up 238,000 Pharmaceutical Jobs, Report Says
  Obama Jobs Bill Could Dry Up 238,000 Pharmaceutical Jobs, Report Says By Elizabeth Harrington, CNSNews, 10/21/11 (CNSNews.com) – President Obama’s jobs bill [...]
• California Medical Association Promotes Marijuana Use–No Joke
  Medical group recommends legalizing, regulating marijuana Sacramento Business Journal by Kathy Robertson, 10/17/11 The California Medical Association    , which represents 35,000 doctors [...]
• Tax Subsidized Counties to Compete With Private Sector in Providing Heath /Care Coverage
  Some California Counties Thinking of Being Competition to Private Insurance Companies By Helen Afrasiabi, HealthyCal.org,  10/10/11 California continues the arduous work of [...]
• San Diego Cities Unfunded Health Care Liabilities: 13% of Payroll
  Report shows cities’ unfunded retiree health care liability San Diego News Room, 10/06/11 SAN DIEGO (CNS) – Thirteen cities in San [...]
• Kaiser-Permanente: $5.9 BILLION Profits in Two Years
  Facing Government Scrutiny, Kaiser Backs Off Rate Increases by Leighton Woodhouse, NUHW‚ 10/05/11 Emeryville, CA – Kaiser Permanente recently announced that it [...]
• ObamaCare No Boon to CA Workers–it is a Real Killer
  Obamacare No Boon to CA Workers Joseph Perkins,  CalWatchdog, 9/29/11 A coalition of 26 states filed a petition this week asking the [...]
• Fresno County’s Decision to Reject Health Care Funds Draws Potential Legal Backlash
  Fresno County’s Decision to Reject Health Care Funds Draws Potential Legal Backlash California County News,  9/28/11 Earlier this month Fresno County’s Board [...]
• Controversy over San Fran pregnancy center ads nears boiling point
  Controversy over San Francisco pregnancy center ads nears boiling point By: Dan Schreiber, SF Examiner, 09/27/11 San Francisco could be headed for [...]
• Feds have $1.5 Trillion Deficit–Still has $10 Billion to Bankrupt CA Health Care
  Uninsured in the Central Valley eager for health care reform By Tim Moran, HealthyCal.org, 9/22/11 The California Bridge to Reform promises a [...]
• Catholic Bishops on Obamacare Reg: ‘Unprecedented Attack on Religious Liberty,’ Even Jesus Wouldn’t Qualify as ‘Religious’
  Catholic Bishops on Obamacare Reg: ‘Unprecedented Attack on Religious Liberty,’ Even Jesus Wouldn’t Qualify as ‘Religious’ By Terence P. Jeffrey, CNSNews.com, [...]
• Feds to Cost Asthmatics more for less effective drugs–death sentence for some?
  Has Your Inhaler Been Banned Out of Environmental Concerns? It Could Cost You The Blaze, 9/22/11 If you have asthma and rely [...]
• Government-run health insurance raises costs and kills jobs
  Government-run health insurance raises costs and kills jobs By: Conn Carroll, SF Examiner, 09/20/11 Health insurance is never free. A recent study [...]
• The Big One is Coming: Strikes Rattle California Hospitals–You can Die on Sept.22
  The Big One is Coming: Strikes Rattle California Hospitals by Carl Finamore‚ Beyond Chron, 9/19/11 The sudden release of stored energy could [...]
• The Big One is Coming: Strikes Rattle California Hospitals–You can Die on Sept.22
  The Big One is Coming: Strikes Rattle California Hospitals by Carl Finamore‚ Beyond Chron, 9/19/11 The sudden release of stored energy could [...]
• Health-Care Mandates Infecting CA
  Health-Care Mandates Infecting Calif. By KATY GRIMES, Cal Watchdog, 9/16/11 While cash-strapped California is cutting the state-funded health care safety net more [...]
• Obama Plan to Tax Health Insurance Stirs Opposition
  Obama Plan to Tax Health Insurance Stirs Opposition By Steven Sloan and Kathleen Hunter, 9/14/11 Al Hunt, executive editor at Bloomberg News, [...]