health care
- Medicaid: Half of Doctors Won’t Accept New Patients
Medicaid: Half of Doctors Won’t Accept New Patients Joshua de Gastyne, Heritage Foundation Foundry, 5/8/14 Merritt-Hawkins, a national health care search and [...] - Federal Trade Commission: 33 States SELLING Your PRIVATE Health Information
States Selling, Sharing Risky Personal Health Data Greg Slabodkin, Health Data Management, 5/12/14 Nearly all states collect hospital discharge data with 33 [...] - Obamacare costs not always clear-cut
Obamacare costs not always clear-cut By Emily Bazar, CHCF Center for Health Reporting, 5/10/14 Obamacare’s inaugural open-enrollment period is over, and all [...] - New Health Program for Poor Residents With Disabilities and the Elderly Could Hurt Access, Advocates Say
New Health Program for Poor Residents With Disabilities and the Elderly Could Hurt Access, Advocates Say By Angela Woodall , [...] - Phony Union/Hospital/Medi-Cal Agreement: Serious Questions Raised
5 questions about secret deal between hospitals, union Kathy Robertson, Sacramento Business Journal, 5/7/14 At least five big questions remain about [...] - Thanks to ObamaCare: Public in Wikipedia Like Web Site to Help Diagnose Your Illness
New Website Aims To ‘Crowdsource’ Patients’ Diagnoses, Conditions iHealthBeat, 5/5/14 A San Francisco-based company has launched a website that aims to [...] - California Law Demands Insurance Companies Pay for Boob and Nose Jobs (since 1998)
Class Sues Blue Shield for Denying Surgeries By JONNY BONNER,Ccourt House News, 4/28/14 Blue Shield of California refuses to cover reconstructive [...] - ObamaCare/Unions in Action: Alta Bates Summit (Hospital) cuts 139 jobs, 219 in limbo
Alta Bates Summit cuts 139 jobs, 219 in limbo Chris Rauber, San Francisco Business Times, 4/25/14 Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, [...] - Covered California—Not Enough Doctors—But Registering Voters Instead
Covered California targets voter registration by JOHN HOWARD, Capitol Weekly, 4/23/14 Voter registration, politics and health care: a volatile mix? Millions [...] - Legislative Democrats Allow FELONS Access to Your Personal Health Care and Financial Records
BILL NUMBER: AB 1829 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Conway FEBRUARY 18, 2014 An act to add Section 100522 [...] - Lots of Patients for Covered California—VERY FEW Doctors
ConsumerWatch: Some Covered California Patients Say They Can’t See A Doctor KPIX, 4/18/14 While open enrollment for coverage under the Affordable Care Act [...] - HIPPA (Federal Health Care Law) Allows Law Enforcement to View Your Medical Records—WITHOUT a Warrant
Pot law may give police access to records in Long Beach BY JOSHUA STEWART, Long Beach Register, 4/15/14 It’s said [...] - Eleven States Allow Other Countries Our Medicaid Health Care Records—Exposing Personal Histories to the World
OIG Raises Concerns About States’ Outsourcing of Medicaid IT Work iHealthbeat, 4/15/14 Eleven states outsource internationally some of their IT-related Medicaid administrative [...] - Another Rural Hospital to Close: ObamaCare and Union Cabal Did Them In
Palm Drive counting down days to probable closure Dan Verel, Business Journal, 4/11/14 SEBASTOPOL — With the decision to suspend all core [...] - Senator Lara Announces the California Dream Loan Program-College Loans for Illegal Aliens
Senator Lara Announces the California Dream Loan Program Senator Ricardo Lara, 4/9/14 SACRAMENTO — Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Huntington Park/Long Beach) today announced [...] - Californians Are Now Paying More For Less Under ObamaCare
Californians Are Now Paying More For Less Under ObamaCare Obamacare costs.gop, 4/10/14 Noam Friedlander, A California Woman Who Recently Enrolled In ObamaCare’s [...] - Unions Sues Hospital for High Costs—Mostly Due to Union Demands—Look for the Union Label
Union trust sues Sutter over alleged anti-trust violations Chris Rauber, San Francisco Business Times, 4/7/14 UPDATE: Although Sutter Health officials say they [...] - CALIFORNIA’S UNFUNDED RETIREE HEALTHCARE LIABILITY NOW $150 BILLION, RIVALS PENSION DEBT
California’s Unfunded Retiree Healthcare Liability Now $150 Billion, Rivals Pension Debt Financial analysis reveals San Francisco and LA have highest [...] - Obama/Democrats Killing Off Rural Hospitals—Patients Travel 75 Miles or More for Emergency Treatment
Rural Hospitals Are on Life Support Hospitals may be rural America’s single most important and most endangered institution. Between having [...] - Burnt Out Primary Care Docs Are Voting With Their Feet
Burnt Out Primary Care Docs Are Voting With Their Feet By Roni Caryn Rabin, Kaiser Health News, 4/1/14 Janis Finer, 57, [...] - Medicare/Medicaid/ObamaCare Reimbursements Cuts Causes Another 50 Layoffs at Local Hospital.
Palm Drive Hospital issues layoff notices ahead of reorganization By MARTIN ESPINOZA, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT, 3/29/14 PALM DRIVE’S RECENT TIMELINE A look at [...] - California Dentist Shortage: Leaving the State to Practice
California’s Supply Of Dentists In State Of Flux By Kenny Goldberg, KPBS, 3/31/14 The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research says a shortage [...] - Obama Desperate: Openly enrolling MEXICANS in ObamaCare at Mexican Consulates—Totally Corrupt
Obamacare Navigators Helping People Enroll At Mexican Consulates by Kerry Picket, Breitbart, 3/27/14 The Obama administration has been helping to facilitate a [...] - Drug testing for doctors moves closer in California
Drug testing for doctors moves closer in California Central Valley Business Times, 3/25/14 • May make it to the November ballot [...] - Arbitrator May Force Hospital to re-Hire over 300 Nurses—With NO money to Pay Them
Alta Bates Summit, RNs await ruling by outside arbitrator on layoffs The California Nurses Association and Alta Bates Summit Medical Center [...] - Self-Insurance in Texas
Self-Insurance in Texas National Center for Policy Analysis, 3/24/14 With insurance premiums rising thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Americans are [...] - Government Schools USED as Scam Shops Selling High Cost Inferior Health Care to Unsuspecting Students and Parents
Schools serving as enrollment hubs for Obamacare by Kimberly Beltran, Cabinet Report, 3/24/14 (Calif.) Sacramento high school student Juzely Duran is all [...] - Covered California ramps up voter help after being faced with a lawsuit.
Covered California ramps up voter help after being faced with a lawsuit. John Myers, KXTV, 3/21/14 Facing a deadline of early next [...] - UC Medical Centers plan to slash up to $150 million from annual budgets
UC Medical Centers plan to slash up to $150 million from annual budgets Chris Rauber, San Francisco Business Times, 3/20/14 The [...] - Bait and Switch With ObamaCare—First Year Cost High—Next Year to DOUBLE (Not a typo)
O-Care premiums to skyrocket By Elise Viebeck, The Hill, 3/20/14 Health industry officials say ObamaCare-related premiums will double in some parts [...] - Obamacare Subscribers: Beware of High Deductibles
Obamacare subscribers: Beware of high deductibles Commentary: Coverage ‘not as affordable as many people need it to be’ By Wendell Potter, Public [...] - State and Feds Force 450,000 Elderly Into Confusing Health Care Program, Little Notice and Opt-Out NOT Easily Found
More than 200,000 Los Angeles County residents to be forced into managed health care By Susan Abram, Los Angeles Daily News, [...] - Editorial by Stephen Frank: The Obama’s Begging Parents to Give Kids BAD Advice, “Nag Toolkit”
Editorial by Stephen Frank: The Obama’s Begging Parents to Give Kids BAD Advice, “Nag Toolkit” Editorial by Stephen Frank, California Political [...] - Lawyers, docs, insurers battle over MICRA — again
Lawyers, docs, insurers battle over MICRA — again by SAMANTHA GALLEGOS, Capitol Weekly, 3/12/14 It’s not even on the ballot yet, [...] - Legislation would speed up education for doctors-still qualified?
. Legislation would speed up education for doctors New legislation would allow graduates at accredited medical school programs in California to complete [...] - CalPRS to Raise Long Term Health Care Fees by 85% in Two Years
CalPERS plans big rate increase for long-term care insurance Decision time is coming for 41,000 people with long-term care insurance through [...] - Oakland Airport Vendors Levy Health Benefits Surcharge of 2%
Oakland Airport Vendors Levy Health Benefits Surcharge By Barbara Boland, cnsnews, 3/10/14 Travelers passing through the Oakland Airport may be in for [...] - Chiang Unveils Plan to Reduce State’s $64.6 Billion Retiree Health Care Liability
Chiang Unveils Plan to Reduce State’s $64.6 Billion Retiree Health Care Liability State Controller John Chiang, 3/6/14 SACRAMENTO – State Controller John [...] - Washington Hospital CUTS Prices by 35%-by FIRING Hundreds
Will San Francisco hospitals cut prices, as Seattle’s Swedish did? Chris Rauber, San Francisco Business Times, 3/5/14 Swedish Health System, one [...] - Phony Covered California Report: Shows How many Enrolled in ObamaCare—Refuses to Note How Many LOST Coverage due to ObamaCare
New Report Details How the ACA is Faring in California By Fran Kritz, HealthCal, 2/28/14 California was the first state under [...] - ObamaCare KILLED Health Care Coverage for 24,000 Californians on Public Care Systems
Falling Through the Cracks: Thousands of Low-income Residents May Have Lost Health Coverage By Hannah Guzik, Healthy Cal, 2/27/14 Martha Luque [...] - California Tries to Lead Way For Unqualified to Provide Medical Services
More unqualified medical services showing up under Obamacare by Jazz Shaw, Hotair, 3/1/14 Nearly a year ago now, I took a look [...] - More Bad News for Seniors: To Pay for ObamaCare, Feds to Raise Medicare Advantage premiums by $420 to $900 per YEAR
MA Plan Payment Cuts Would Raise Premium Rates, AHIP Report Says California Healthline, 2/28/14 The payment cuts to Medicare Advantage plans included [...] - USC Alums Angry School is Fronting for Attack on First Amendment and Promoting ObamaCare
Conservative USC alums fight on over FCC newsroom survey By Susan Crabtree, SF Examiner, 2/28/14 The Federal Communications Commission‘s decision to shelve [...] - Actual Cost of ObamaCare premiums, on Average, UP 39% (Individual) and 56% (family)
Take out subsidies and Obamacare is really expensive The average monthly health insurance premium for individuals who bought coverage on the [...] - Even Low Income Folks Taxed to Death by ObamaCare
Even Low Income Families Will Pay Thousands Of Dollars In Obamacare Taxes Chris Conover, Forbes, 2/25/14 We’ve known for some time that the [...] - UCLA Study: 125,000 Illegal Alien Youth Eligible for FREE MediCaid—ObamaCare a Magnet for Criminals From Foreign Nations
youth are not eligible for federally-subsidized health programs, such as Medicaid or the new programs created under the Affordable Care [...] - ObamaCare Forces 30% CUT in Doctors Reimbursement—They Fight Back by Withholding Services
Doctors, insurers at odds on rates Shortage of exchange participants develops By TRACY SEIPEL,San Jose Mercury News, 2/23/14 Lowering costs by forcing doctors [...] - CMS: Premiums Will Rise for 11M Small Business Workers Under ACA
CMS: Premiums Will Rise for 11M Small Business Workers Under ACA California Healthline, 2/25/14 New Affordable Care Act regulations could raise premiums [...] - Covered California Stiffing Brokers—Claim “problems with system” for Non Payment
Covered Calif. Broker Payments Delayed by Data Problems California Healthline, 2/25/14 Some health insurance brokers who have helped consumers enroll in coverage [...] - Calif. Doctor Shortage Could Lead to Higher Rates on Exchange Plans
Calif. Doctor Shortage Could Lead to Higher Rates on Exchange Plans California HealthLine, 2/24/14 The shortage of physicians in California is giving [...] - Democrats Try to Silence ObamaCare Cancer Victim
Congressman Gary Peters Lawyers Up to Silence Julie Boonstra AFP Michigan, 2/22/14 LANSING – Today Rep. Gary Peters set his Washington DC legal [...] - Kaiser Permanente losing members to cheaper plans
Kaiser Permanente losing members to cheaper plans Kathy Robertson, Sacramento Business Journal, 2/18/14 Kaiser Permanente’s statewide membership losses in the California [...] - Another Obama Lie Exposed- Obamacare Denying Meds From People With Serious Pre-Existing Diseases
Obamacare Denying Meds From People With Serious Pre-Existing Diseases Jeff Dunetz, Yid With Lid, 2/14/14 A glitch in the President’s signature legislation [...] - Obamacare Recruiting Illegals in California
Obamacare Recruiting Illegals in California by Joel B. Pollak, Breitbart, 2/14/14 In 2009, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) apologized profusely to the [...] - Monopoly MediCare: New Rules Raises Premiums by 21%-Plus Loss of Doctors and Drugs
CMS Rulemaking and Medicare Part D: Stifling Innovation, Limiting Access, and Decreasing Quality By Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Angela Boothe., American Action Forum, [...] - CalPERS members pick cheaper health plans-can not afford the better ones
CalPERS members pick cheaper health plans A total of 69,562 CalPERS members and dependents — 5.05 percent — changed health care [...] - Legislative bipartisan criticism aims at Covered CA spending
Legislative bipartisan criticism aims at Covered CA spending By Tori Richards, Calwatchdog, 2/12/14 Responding to a state senator’s call for an [...] - Learn the ObamaCare Term “EHR”—it is Causing Doctor Shortage and Longer Waiting Times for Patients
Colorado Doctors Say EHR Adoption Affecting Physician Shortage iHEALTH BEAT, 2/13/14 A new Colorado Health Institute report finds that the state is [...] - Kern Medical Center Financial Issues Could Lead to Layoffs
Kern Medical Center Financial Issues Could Lead to Layoffs California County News, 2/12/14 At a recent Kern County Board of Supervisors meeting, [...] - Unions Want to Make Financial Decisions for Hospitals—would END Free Health Care for Poor
Health care union ramps up state ballot campaign Chris Rauber, San Francisco Business Times, 2/11/14 SEIU’s Oakland-based United Healthcare Workers West [...] - Hispanic Health Care Provider Losing Money Because of MediCaid
Molina Slips to Loss By Deborah Crowe, LA Business Journal, 2/11/14 Shares of Molina Healthcare Inc. fell more than 5 percent on [...] - Vaccination “Warriors” Efforts Back Fire
Vaccination effort, ‘religious exemption’ at odds by GREG LUCAS, Capitol Weekly, 2/11/14 Regulations implementing a new California law aimed at reducing [...] - Obama Uses ObamaCare to Punch Middle Class in the Wallet
Some Middle-Class Families Find Price Of Subsidized Health Coverage ‘Awfully High’ By Julie Appleby,KHN, 2/10/14 The lure used to get uninsured [...] - Covered California Run by Economic Illiterates—Runs Deficits—Wants Higher Enrollment to Lower Deficit—Cost in Health Care ALSO Goes Up
High Enrollment Expected To Offset Covered Calif.’s Projected Deficit KPCC, 2/10/14 Officials predict that Covered California will be self-sustaining in coming years [...] - Family Planning Clinics (Planned Parenthood) In Calif. Squeezed By Health Law
Family Planning Clinics In Calif. Squeezed By Health Law By April Dembosky, KQED, 2/10/14 An unexpected quirk in the Affordable Care [...] - Medi-Cal Has Taken ONE BILLION From the Dead for “Free” Health Care
Little-known Medicaid provision allows states to seek repayment from enrollees By Tracy Seipel, San Jose Mercury News, 1/31/14 The new federal health [...] - Obama/Brown: ObamaCare and Medi-Cal to Pay for Sex Changes—But Stop Some Cancer Treatments
Medi-Cal Expansion Will Boost Transgender Health Services California Healthlkine, 2/6/14 Medi-Cal expansion under the Affordable Care Act could enable transgender patients in [...] - Antelope Valley Hospital Gets Junk Bond Rating
Antelope Valley Hospital Gets Junk Bond Rating By Joel Russell, San Fernando Valley Business Journal, 2/6/14 Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the [...] - Byron York: Obamacare will reduce incomes of most Americans
Byron York: Obamacare will reduce incomes of most Americans BY: Byron York, Washington Examiner, 2/4/14 There’s no doubt the Affordable Care Act [...] - CBO: O-Care slowing growth, contributing to job losses
CBO: O-Care slowing growth, contributing to job losses By Erik Wasson, The Hill, 2/4/14 The new healthcare law will slow economic growth [...] - Cost of Generic Drugs Soaring Due to Increased Demand from Obamacare
Cost of Generic Drugs Soaring Due to Increased Demand from Obamacare by Dr. Susan Berry, Breitbart, 2/1/14 The pervasive use of [...] - Secret abortion fees hidden in ObamaCare premiums, lawmakers say
Secret abortion fees hidden in ObamaCare premiums, lawmakers say watchdog.org, 1/27/14 Insurance companies working under the Obamacare umbrella have secretly added a [...] - ObamaCare Death Watch Begins: Maryland to Ration Hospital Care
Maryland Tries to Curb Hospital Costs By Christine Vestal, Pew States.org, 1/31/14 Instead of drumming up more business with big-name doctors, [...] - Obama Lied and Children Die in Washington State
Sick Kids Denied Specialty Care Due to Obamacare in Washington By DANIEL HALPER, Weekly Standard, 1/31/14 In Washington state, some sick kids [...] - Obama Lied and People Died—His 9 Million Enrollees is as Truthful as “You can keep your doctor”
Parsing The President’s 9 Million Enrollees By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News, 1/29/14 Nine million. That’s the number President Barack Obama touted [...] - Covered California is KNOWINGLY Giving YOUR Private Financial Information to Ex-Convicts
The State of California is giving convicted bank robbers, embezzlers, thieves of all kind your private financial information. Covered California [...] - Kaiser poll: Uninsured less thrilled with Obamacare than they were before it became law
Kaiser poll: Uninsured less thrilled with Obamacare than they were before it became law By Katie LaPotin, Red alert, 1/30/14 Despite the [...] - Obama Lied and People Died—His 9 Million Enrollees is as Truthful as “You can keep your doctor”
Parsing The President’s 9 Million Enrollees By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News, 1/29/14 Nine million. That’s the number President Barack Obama touted [...] - Kaiser poll: Uninsured less thrilled with Obamacare than they were before it became law
Kaiser poll: Uninsured less thrilled with Obamacare than they were before it became law By Katie LaPotin, Red aleret, 1/30/14 Despite the [...] - Covered California is KNOWINGLY Giving YOUR Private Financial Information to Ex-Convicts
California’s Obamacare Scandal Officials say a criminal record should not keep someone from getting a job. But why this job? By [...] - Hundreds in Calif. Shifted to New Health Plans Without Consent
Hundreds in Calif. Shifted to New Health Plans Without Consent California Healthline, 1/28/14 Hundreds of California residents whose plans were canceled because [...] - Covered Calif. To Require Pediatric Dental Coverage Starting in 2015
Covered Calif. To Require Pediatric Dental Coverage Starting in 2015 California Healthline, 1/27/14 On Thursday, the Covered California board of directors voted [...] - Chico family’s health care struggle shows unaffordable side of Covered California
Chico family’s health care struggle shows unaffordable side of Covered California By ASHLEY GEBB, Chico Enterprise Record, 1/25/14 CHICO — The first [...] - ObamaCare Killing Off Small California Hospitals
Palm Drive to lay off, cut hours for 40 ‘Right-size’ plan could include reducing beds to 14 By Dan Verel, North Bay [...] - Legislation Floated To Address 3 Million Californians Still Lacking Health Insurance
Legislation Floated To Address 3 Million Californians Still Lacking Health Insurance by David Gorn, California Healthline, 1/23/14 One goal of the Affordable [...] - Covered California REFUSES to Speak to English Speakers on “Spanish” Line
Trying Spanish Covered California line gets unexpected response A Spanish-language enrollment application is available on the Covered California website and Spanish-speaking [...] - California Gets Low Marks for Emergency Health Care
California Gets Low Marks for Emergency Health Care California Healthline, 1/16/14 Details of Report Card The state-by-state report card was based on 136 [...] - ObamaCare KILLS Health Care Coverage for Thousands of Target Workers
Target to Drop Health Insurance for Part-Time Workers By Alex Wayne, Bloomberg, 1/21/14 Target Corp. (TGT) said it will end health [...] - ObamaCare Demands Mental Health Coverage: BUT Federal Regulations END Anti-Depression Drugs for Seniors—Easy to Kill Them Off
New Rules to Deprive Seniors of Drugs, Doctors By Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Real Clear Markets, 1/21/14 Two provisions in lengthy proposed regulations published [...] - Affording the Affordable Care Act? The Poor Can’t!
Affording the Affordable Care Act By Michael Ollove, Pew States, 1/14/14 The promise of the Affordable Care Act is right there in [...] - Obama Lied and People Died—Few ObamaCare Enrollees Were Previously Uninsured.
Coverage Expansion Fail: Less Than One-Third Of Obamacare Exchange Enrollees Were Previously Uninsured Avik Roy, Forbes, 1/18/14 President Obama has claimed on Twitter [...] - Barack Uses ObamaCare to Keep Seniors in Pain and Die Earlier
Obama Dooms Seniors to Ravages of Aging Betsy McCaughey, Accuracy in Media, 1/2/14 On Oct. 1, 2012 the Obama administration started [...] - Covered California Demands IMMEDIATE Coverage for Enrollees—Insurance Companies Forced to Wait for Payment
Most of SoCal’s Covered California insurers extend payment deadlines again Stephanie O’Neill, scpr.org, 1/17/14 Five of the six insurers offering health plans [...] - Thousands could be shut out of health care if charity mandate is approved in California
Thousands could be shut out of health care if charity mandate is approved Kathy Robertson, Sacramento Business Journal, 1/17/14 The California [...] - Nearly 500K California Residents Enrolled in Covered Calif. Plans-No Idea How Many Actually PAID
Nearly 500K California Residents Enrolled in Covered Calif. Plans KQED, 1/13/14 As of Dec. 31, 2013, nearly 500,000 California residents had enrolled [...] - Those Newly-Insured Know They Have to Pay the Premiums, Right?
Those Newly-Insured Know They Have to Pay the Premiums, Right? Jim Geraghty, National Review, 1/13/14 Ahem. I know that Bridgemageddon is the [...] - Worst Bill of the Week: Democrat State Senator Wants FREE Health Care for Illegal Aliens-YOU Pay!
Senator Lara Proposes Expanding Access to Health Care for All, Regardless of Immigration Status Senator Ricardo Lara, 1/10/14 SACRAMENTO —Working in partnership [...] - California Doctors Praise Governor’s Move, But Say Medi-Cal Pay Still Too Low
California Doctors Praise Governor’s Move, But Say Medi-Cal Pay Still Too Low By Kenny Goldberg, KPBS, 1/10/14 California Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget [...] - Health Care Availability CUT Yesterday for MediCal patients—Government Rations Health Care for Poor
Long-Fought Medi-Cal Provider Rate Cuts Take Effect KQED, 1/9/14 A long-awaited and much-feared ten percent rate cut goes into effect Thursday for [...] - FYI Buyer Beware: 12 of the Most Expensive U.S. Hospitals Are Located in Calif.
Study: 12 of the Most Expensive U.S. Hospitals Are Located in Calif. California Health Line, Payers and Providers, 1/8/14 Twelve of [...] - Low-Income California Residents Less Satisfied With Care
Low-Income California Residents Less Satisfied With Care California Health Line, 1/8/14, Low-income California residents tend to be less satisfied with the [...] - Another Obama LIE Exposed: MediCAID Expansion Increases Emergency Room Usage Not Decreases it
New Oregon Data: Expanding Medicaid Increases Usage Of Emergency Rooms, Undermining Central Rationale For Obamacare Avik Roy, Forbes, 1/2/14 For years, it [...] - Fresno County aims to cut health care to undocumented immigrants
Fresno County aims to cut health care to undocumented immigrants By Barbara Anderson, Fresno Bee, 1/5/14 After 30 years of providing [...] - Surprise! Walmart health plan is cheaper, offers more coverage than Obamacare
Surprise! Walmart health plan is cheaper, offers more coverage than Obamacare By RICHARD POLLOCK, Washington Examiner, 1/7/14 New Obamacare health insurance enrollees [...] - Obama to PUBLICLY Disclose ALL Medical Records in Effort to Tell Criminals Who Owns a Gun
White House Aims To Boost Health Data Reporting to Gun Database iHEALTHBEAT, 1/6/14 On Friday, HHS’ Office for Civil Rights released a [...] - Obama Dooms Seniors to Ravages of Aging -with Aspirin Alone-HIS Words
Obama Dooms Seniors to Ravages of Aging Betsy McCaughey, Accuracy in Media, 1/2/14 On Oct. 1, 2012 the Obama administration started [...] - Covered California Deficit in 2015 STARTS of $76 Million—Not Counting Tens of Millions for Medi-Cal Coverage
Covered California stumbles into new year By Joseph Perkins, Calwatchdog, 1/2/14 Manuel Arriola, co-owner of an Oxnard insurance broker, spent three [...] - 630,000 Moved to Medi-Cal Without Being Asked—ALL Assets to be Transferred to Government When They Die
California moves people from low-income program to Medi-Cal Kathy Robertson, Sacramento Business Journal, 12/31/13 More than 630,000 Californians in the state’s [...] - San Diego to Save $700 Million Over 25 Years—Ends Union MOU for Health Care for Retirees
Appellate court rules health benefits not vested By Daily Transcript, 12/31/13 An appellate court ruled last week that the city of San [...] - Millions In California Remain Uninsured Despite Obamacare
Millions In California Remain Uninsured Despite Obamacare By Kenny Goldberg, KPBS, 12/31/13 Officials say more than 1 million people have picked a [...] - Are There Enough Doctors for the Newly Insured? Not even close!
Are There Enough Doctors for the Newly Insured? By Michael Ollove,, Pew-Stateline, 12/30/13 Signing up for health insurance on the new [...] - Who is Better off in California? Those “Uninsured” or Those Paying Big Bucks for Inferior Government Approved Health Care?
Report: Millions in CA will remain uninsured, despite healthcare law By Adam O’Neal, Calwatchdog, 12/25/13 A new report from the [...] - Will Food Prices Rise Under Obamacare? By How Much?
Will Food Prices Rise Under Obamacare? By Genevieve Bookwalter, HealthyCal, 12/17/13 The cost of food likely will go up, but growers [...] - Fewer California residents are receiving health insurance from their employers, report says
Fewer California residents are receiving health insurance from their employers, report says By Ken Carlson, Merced Sun Star, 12/13/13 A much smaller [...] - Californians and Americans Confused by Daily Issuance of new Rules and ObamaCare Exemptions
Insurance Commissioner Jones responds to President’s announcement regarding canceled policyholders exemption from individual mandate California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, 12/20/13 SACRAMENTO, Calif. [...] - Medical Tourism Booming In Baja California
Medical Tourism Booming In Baja California By Jill Replogle, KPBS, 12/16/13 Medical tourism to Baja California has risen nearly 18 percent since 2010, [...] - Covered California: Some October enrollment numbers were wrong-and they knew it!
Covered California: Some October enrollment numbers were wrong Paul Glickman, KPCC, 12/16/13 Covered California said Monday that two of the numbers it had [...] - White House Extorts Insurance Companies-Pay or Else!
Government Takeover: White House Forces Obamacare Insurers To Cover Unpaid Patients At A Loss Avik Roy, Forbes, 12/16/13 Of all of the last-minute [...] - California Rich Opting OUT of ObamaCare—Only 14% of enrollees Not Needing Subsidies
Covered California not worried about lack of middle- and upper-income customers Adrian Florido, KPCC, 12/13/13 Covered California has confirmed that only [...] - Obamacare Pushing Puerto Rico Further Into Social Welfare State, Doctors Warn-United States to Follow!
Obamacare Pushing Puerto Rico Further Into Social Welfare State, Doctors Warn By Bryan Llenas, Fox News Latino, 12/14/13 People in the U.S. [...] - Obamacare’s 19 New Californias
Obamacare’s 19 New Californias Don’t Try To Understand the National Legislation. Just Try to Understand Your Own Insurance Market. Joe Mathews, Zocalo [...] - Another Federal Law ObamaCare is Found Violating—Where is the RICO ACT?
Obamacare marketplace violates federal security law Charles C. Johnson, Daily Caller, 12/11/13 The bureaucracy tasked with Obamacare implementation may be violating a [...] - Uh oh: Only 5-15% of enrollees have paid their first month of premiums in some ObamaCare plans
Uh oh: Only 5-15% of enrollees have paid their first month of premiums in some ObamaCare plans by Allahpundit, Hot Air, [...] - Next New problem: ObamaCare to cut drug reimbursement—force pharmacies to lose money or leave program
Pharmacists brace for Medi-Cal cuts The California Pharmacists Association and a national coalition of consumers, pharmacists and business interests is gearing [...] - Nurses plan protest over Dignity Health pension cuts
Nurses plan protest over Dignity Health pension cuts Angry nurses will hold candlelight rallies Friday to protest what they say is [...] - A Test For The Health Law In Scandal-Plagued Cities Of Southeast Los Angeles
A Test For The Health Law In Scandal-Plagued Cities Of Southeast Los Angeles By Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News, 12/10/13 The [...] - Next year California Insurers Will provide Half the Number of Doctors They Provide This year—Waiting Rooms REALLY Crowded
Insurers Are Renegotiating Contracts, Narrowing Networks Under ACA NPR, 12/10/13 Some consumers whose health plans are being canceled because they do not [...] - No, You Can’t Keep Your Drugs Either Under Obamacare
No, You Can’t Keep Your Drugs Either Under Obamacare Scott Gottlieb, Forbes, 12/9/13 The President famously promised that you could keep your [...] - Covered California is Killing Doctor and Hospital Participation—Killing Off Small Insurance companies as Well
96% of Californians Picked Just Four Health Plans Through Covered California. Are Small Plans Getting Squeezed Out? by Dan Diamond, California [...] - Police state: Santa Clara County censors government employee who dares criticize Obamacare
Police state: County censors government employee who dares criticize Obamacare Eric Owens, Daily Caller 12/8/13 A California county has banned a veteran [...] - Uh oh: 7 in 10 Doctors Boycotting California’s Obamacare Exchange
Uh oh: 7 in 10 Doctors Boycotting California’s Obamacare Exchange Leah Barkoukis, Townhall, 12/6/13 Another glaring example of why the ‘if you [...] - 2014 Ballot Measure Allows insurance Commissioner to Cut Health Insurance Rates to Close Down Private insurers.
Political fight boils on health care by SAMANTHA GALLEGOS, Capitol Weekly, 12/5/13 California is in the forefront of the nation’s new [...] - Astro-Turf Campaign Against California GOP Telling ObamaCare Truth is Run from New York—NOT California
Brett Abrams : 516-841-xxxx : [email protected] Over 24,000 Californians Outraged Over State GOP’s Sham Obamacare Website Fitzgibbons Media, 12/5/13 http://www.fitzgibbonmedia.com/contact/ ** http://act.couragecampaign.org/sign/CAGOP_BogusHealthSite/ ** Thousands [...] - Sacramento to Use Food Stamps to Put 600,000 MORE on Free Health Care Plan
California Plans To Fast-Track Food Stamp Recipients to Health Care By Pauline Bartolone, Capitol Radio, 12/3/13 The state of California says as [...] - Best Specialists Too “Expensive for ObamaCare”—Only Average Doctors Left in System
UnitedHealthcare Dropping Hundreds Of Doctors From Medicare Advantage Plans By Susan Jaffe, Kaiser Health News, 12/01/13 Dorathy Senay’s doctor had some [...] - Covered California Upset Not Enough Hispanics Buying High Cost/Inferior Government Health Care
Few Latinos Enrolled in Covered California Coverage During October California Health Line, 12/2/13 Fewer than 1,000 Latinos living in California signed up [...] - Doctors Don’t Like What They’ve Seen In ObamaCare -Best Won’t Participate
Doctors Don’t Like What They’ve Seen In ObamaCare Investors Daily, 11/29/13 Health Care: Three years ago our IBD/TIPP Poll found that [...] - Why San Diego County Will Lose Half Its State Health Funds (And Why It Might Not Matter)
Why San Diego County Will Lose Half Its State Health Funds (And Why It Might Not Matter) By Megan Burks, KPBS, [...] - The Health-Care Spoiler in California’s Rosy Budget
The Health-Care Spoiler in California’s Rosy Budget By David Crane, Bloomberg, 11/22/13 California’s recent announcement that it had balanced its budget for [...] - ACLU Critical of Covered California Voter Registration Process
ACLU Critical of Covered California Voter Registration Process By Max Pringle, Capital Public Radio, 11/25/13 The American Civil Liberties Union of California [...] - Early renewal offers Obamacare loophole for California businesses-one year reprieve for some
Early renewal offers Obamacare loophole for California businesses Chris Rauber, San Francisco Business Times, 11/27/13 Large numbers of Bay Area small business [...] - Covered California unplugs most top hospitals from patients -rich get Great hospitals-poor the rest
Covered California unplugs most top hospitals from patients By Tori Richards, Calwatchdog, 11/27/13 President Obama has been claiming that people can [...] - ObamaCare Pays MORE for Hospitals and Doctors to do More Work—Double Pay for Completion of Procedure
3 ways Obamacare is changing how a hospital cares for patients Lisa Chow, NPR, 11/26/13 Obamacare is transforming more than health insurance. [...] - There’s No Immunity From the Medical Device Tax in Silicon Valley
There’s No Immunity From the Medical Device Tax in Silicon Valley All Things D, 11/25/13 Nearly a year after the medical device [...] - Grimes: Covered CA throws a party – 1500 show up-only 10 sign up for high cost inferior insurance
Covered CA throws a party – only 10 sign up By Katy Grimes, Calwatchdog, 11/22/13 This week California’s Obamacare health insurance exchange, Covered [...] - ObamaCare Violates Three California Consumer Protection Laws—Covered California Won’t Enforce Violations
CA says ‘no’ to Obamacare freebies, makes own law By Tori Richards, watchdog.com, 11/22/13 One of the most liberal states in the [...] - California “Enrolls” 80,000 in ObamaCare and 135,000 in FREE Medi-Cal—No One Has Paid a Dime YET
California Obamacare enrollment more than doubles to nearly 80,000 Chris Rauber, San Francisco Business Times, 11/21/13 Nearly 80,000 Californians — 79,891 [...] - UC critical-care workers strike goes to court-21,000 strike against sick patients anyway
UC critical-care workers strike goes to court The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local No. 3299 has called [...] - Obamacare ACA disrupts dental coverage market-lose dentist-triple costs
ACA disrupts dental coverage market By Adam O’Neal, Calwatchdog, 11/20/13 Since its disastrous rollout, the bad press hasn’t stopped coming for Obamacare. [...] - UC Gives Union Nurses 16% Pay Raise- Exchange for “No Strike Pledge” and 1% Added to Pension Payments—Union Threats Work
What’s Going on in the UC Office of the President Daily Nexus, 11/18/13 A member of AFSCME 3299 pickets for fair wages [...] - Orange County Government Stops PRIVATE Assistance to Autistic Adults
Woman’s Dream of Autism Center Doused by Officials By REX DALTON, Voice of OC, 11/19/13 With her long-held goal in sight, [...] - Covered California Worries About Fraud From Scammers—Not About The Fraud its Creates
Covered California Warns Consumers about Fraud Fake websites and “Obamacare cards” used scam to consumers out of information and money By [...] - Orange County Court Reporters Hours Cut—to Lower ObamaCare Costs
Court Reporters Protest Cuts to Health Benefits By NICK GERDA, VoiceofOC, 11/18/13 More than 30 court reporters and their supporters demonstrated [...] - California Leftists LIKE Free Choice in Health Care—Why Feinstein Turned on Obama
Feinstein’s Flip-Flop Even her constituents forced her to back a bill fixing one of Obamacare’s problems. By Charles C. W. Cooke, National [...] - Obama Creates Chaos for California Health Insurance Policy Holders, Industry, Doctors and Hospitals
California Considers Its Options On Canceled Insurance Plans By Anna Gorman and Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News, 11/15/13 President Barack Obama’s [...] - Buy 1, Get 3 Free! Experts say Obamacare ‘grace period’ gives fraudsters the green light
Buy 1, Get 3 Free! Experts say Obamacare ‘grace period’ gives fraudsters the green light By Tori Richards, Watchdog.org, 11/7/13 OBAMACARE’S LATEST [...] - More than 72K Covered California applicants qualify for Medi-Cal
More than 72K Covered California applicants qualify for Medi-Cal More than 72,000 people who applied for coverage through Covered California in [...] - Covered California Acts Like Obama—Misleads About Status Enrollment
60,000 Californians have chosen an Obamacare health plan so far Stephanie O’Neill, KPCC, 11/13/13 A woman looks at the HealthCare.gov insurance exchange [...] - Corrected health-care cost info going out to 8,000 in State of Washington
Corrected health-care cost info going out to 8,000 in state About 8,000 Washington residents were told they qualified for a higher [...] - Obamacare seems to work in California-if you believe government press releases
Obamacare seems to work in California Central Valley Business Times, 11/13/13 • State insurance exchange claims 59,000 have signed up for [...] - Coming in January: Obamacare Rate Shock Part Two
Coming in January: Obamacare Rate Shock Part Two by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, 11/12/13 Media reports about the Affordable Care Act have [...] - How a California law to encourage vaccination could backfire
How a California law to encourage vaccination could backfire Nancy Shute, NPR, 11/9/13 California has a new law that’s supposed to get [...] - AFL-CIO Aids Day Laborer Center Campaign to Block Deportations-Union Supports Criminal Action
AFL-CIO Aids Day Laborer Center Campaign to Block Deportations Submitted by Carl Horowitz, NLPC, 10/29/13 Organized labor doesn’t waste too many opportunities [...] - Government Sponsored Scammers Coming to Your Door—Selling Inferior Health Care, Few Doctors
Grassroots groups hit streets for Obamacare BY JANET ZIMMERMAN, Press-Enterprise, 11/8/13 Maribel Flores, a 30-year-old mother of three, welcomed a recent [...] - Grimes: Guv Brown NOT Obama Causes Californians to Lose Health Care Insurance by Fiat
Covered California required health insurers to cancel plans By Katy Grimes, Calwatchdog, 11/8/13 President Obama just apologized for the millions of insurance [...] - Few Californians “Buy” ObamaCare—Medi-Cal (Total Gov’t Health Care via tax $$) Explodes
Local Health-Care Enrollment Efforts Off to Slow Start, Hampered by Technology, Lack of Advisers Uncertainty surrounds rollout of Covered California, with [...] - No Insurance Provider Safe From California Government: Non Profit Kicked Out of Exchange—Less Choice for Health Care in Alameda County
Alameda Alliance removed from California’s insurance exchange By Tracy Seipel, Oakland Tribune, 11/1/13 OAKLAND — Alameda County residents shopping for health insurance [...] - ObamaCare Harming Medi-Cal Patients in California—Worse to Come
Cuts to Medi-Cal Threaten Access to Care By Chris Richard, HealthyCal.org, 10/21/13 Medi-Cal, the Medicaid program for 8.5 million impoverished Californians, [...] - Another ONE MILLION In California to Lose Health Care Coverage Thanks to Obama
More health care sticker shock as 1M face policy cancellations Staff Sacramento Business Journal, Chris Rauber, 10/31/13 As a national debate rages [...] - Why Obamacare could raise your premiums at work
Why Obamacare could raise your premiums at work By: Scott Cohn, CNBC, 10/31/13 Employers blame health reform for premium hikes Premium increases for [...] - Nurse Practitioners Want Government to Give Permission to Pretend to be Doctors
Nurse Practitioners Seek Independence Amid Growing Need for Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Mary Knudtson has a doctorate in nursing science [...] - ‘Sticker shock’ hits California as at least 300,000 health policies terminated
‘Sticker shock’ hits California as at least 300,000 health policies terminated Chris Rauber, San Francisco Business Times, 10/29/13 President Barack Obama may [...] - Under Obamacare: Your Home’s a Hospital; Your Doctor’s a ‘Team’—No Need for Hopitals or Doctors
Under Obamacare: Your Home’s a Hospital; Your Doctor’s a ‘Team’—No Need for Hospitals or Doctors By Susan Jones, CNSNews, 10/28/13 President Obama [...] - Obamacare seeks to segregate patients, doctors by race
Obamacare seeks to segregate patients, doctors by race Katie McHugh, Daily Caller, 10/25/13 If you like your doctor, you can keep your [...] - CA Gov’t Also Wants to Provide Health Care—Trust Them? CA EDD’s new software has thousands of defects, some ‘critical’
EDD’s new software has thousands of defects, some ‘critical’ Problems are listed in ‘defect reports’ obtained by KCRA 3 KCRA, 10/25/13 The [...] - Kaiser Cancels 160,000 Health Care Policy Holders—Blue Shield of California Cancels 119,000—Free Choice?
Thousands Of Consumers Get Insurance Cancellation Notices Due To Health Law Changes By Anna Gorman and Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health [...] - Kaiser-Permanente KILLS Health Care Coverage for 160,000 Due to ObamaCare
Thousands Of Consumers Get Insurance Cancellation Notices Due To Health Law Changes By Anna Gorman and Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health [...] - California’s Obamacare Exchange Won’t Provide Enrollee Data
California’s Obamacare Exchange Won’t Provide Enrollee Data BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff, 10/21/13 In an interview with KNBC, an Obamacare representative refused [...] - Covered California: Loads of data, but key numbers and information is missing
Covered California: Loads of data, but key number is missing Chris Rauber, San Francisco Business Times,10/17/13 So, two weeks in, Covered [...] - San Fran Chronicle’s Helpful Tip: Lower Your Income to Qualify for Obamacare Cash
San Fran Chronicle’s Helpful Tip: Lower Your Income to Qualify for Obamacare Cash By Howard Portnoy, NewsBusters, 10/14/13 Imagine a world where [...] - Small business owners ponder ACA’s benefits, burdens
Small business owners ponder ACA’s benefits, burdens By Daniel Weintraub, Healthy Cal, 10/14/13 Jerry Schumacher’s Fullerton-based engineering firm seems like the [...] - Patients Pay Before Seeing Doctor as Deductibles Spread
Patients Pay Before Seeing Doctor as Deductibles Spread By Stephanie Armour, Bloomberg, 10/14/13 When Barbara Retkowski went to a Cape Coral, Florida, [...] - California’s new health exchange still doesn’t list doctors and hospitals
California’s new health exchange still doesn’t list doctors and hospitals By Tracy Seipel, San Jose Mercury News, 10/13/13 TO SEE COMPLETE ARTICLE [...] - Un-Affordable Health Care Act KILLS Financially Feasible Health Care for 143,000 in Michigan.
146,000 Michiganders - at least - face loss of cheap policies under new health care reform rules By Robin Erb,Detroit Free [...] - ObamaCare FORCES All Americans to Pay For California Prisoners Health Care
ObamaCare to shift costs of some prisoner health coverage from states to feds By Melissa Chrise, FoxNews, 10/9/13 ObamaCare may have its [...] - Why Divorce Attorneys Will Love Obamacare
Why Divorce Attorneys Will Love Obamacare Jacqueline Leo, The Fiscal Times, 10/2/13 Someone in the White House thinks marriage is a [...] - Wal-Mart, Lowe’s, PBGH form network for ‘no-cost’ knee/hip replacements
Wal-Mart, Lowe’s, PBGH form network for ‘no-cost’ knee/hip replacements Chris Rauber, San Francisco Business Times, 10/8/13 Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Lowe’s Cos. and [...] - Sutter Health shifting long-term care, cutting jobs-thanks to unions and ObamaCare
Sutter Health shifting long-term care, cutting jobs Christopher Arns, Sacramento Business Journal, 10/7/13 Sutter Health announced Monday a shake up in [...] - CA drops the hypodermic on Obamacare implementation
CA drops the hypodermic on Obamacare implementation By Adam O’Neal, Calwatchdog, 10/3/13 On Tuesday, the health care exchanges opened for businesses, and [...] - What Makes a Doctor in California? Education or a Legislative Act?
Nurse Practitioners Seek Independence Amid Growing Need for Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Mary Knudtson has a doctorate in nursing science and [...] - Brian Nestande is a “Radical”: Wants Legislature to Live By Same Health Care Rules as Citizens
BRIAN NESTANDE: Put state lawmakers into Covered California by Jim Miller, PE Blog, 10/2/13 Riverside County Assemblyman Brian Nestande opposes the federal [...] - Brown/Obama Forcing Thousands of New Patients on Santa Barbara Hospitals/Doctors—While Severely Cutting Reimbursements—Dept of Health: 75% CUT
Safety Net: Providers Facing Double-Edged Sword with New Health-Care Law More people will have insurance, but officials at hospitals and clinics [...] - WORST BILL OF THE CENTURY: ObamaCare
ObamaCare’s Bitter Irony: It May Increase Number Of Uninsured By MERRILL MATTHEWS AND MARK E. LITOW, Investors, 9/30/13 Could ObamaCare, the goal [...] - SEIU vows to help promote Obamacare
SEIU vows to help promote Obamacare By SEAN HIGGINS, 9/11/13 Service Employees International Union President Mary Kay Henry has announced that her [...] - ACA promises insurance, but can it promise care? No
ACA promises insurance, but can it promise care? By Daniel Weintraub, HealthCal, 9/29/13 The Affordable Care Act promises to bring insurance [...] - Safety Net: Demand for Services Expected to Jump with Affordable Care Act
Safety Net: Demand for Services Expected to Jump with Affordable Care Act Surge of new patients most likely won’t be matched [...] - Guv Brown Using Planned Parenthood, Students and Your Neighborhood Manicurist to SELL You ObamaCare
CA Obamacare implementation funds activist groups” By Katy Grimes, Calwatchdog, 9/25/13 As California continues taking the lead in implementing Obamacare, officially called [...] - What Recovery? Results of ObamaCare—San Fran Area Medical Group to Cut 200 MORE Employees
California Hospitals Face ‘Hard Decisions’ Under Medicare Payment Changes Pauline Bartolone, Capital Public Radio, 9/23/13 California hospitals say a move towards performance-based reimbursement [...] - Hospital Threaten With legal Action for Telling Workers Refusing to Work They Could be Fired.
UC medical workers allege unfair labor practice KPCC, 9/17/13 File: Health workers at University of California medical centers began a two-day [...] - Major Cleveland Hospital Cuts $300 Million From Budget—ObamaCare the Cause
Obamacare Causes Layoffs At the Cleveland Clinic, Chaos Everywhere Else By Bryan Preston, PJ Tattler, 9/20/13 While promoting the bill that [...] - 20,000 MORE Workers on Gov’t Dole: Home Depot Moving Part-Time Workers to Obamacare Exchanges
Home Depot Moving Part-Time Workers to Obamacare Exchanges by Tony Lee, Breitbart, 9/20/13 On Thursday, Home Depot became yet another company that [...] - Obama uses media to Lie About Layoffs Due to ObamaCare
A Dozen Hospitals Are Laying Off Staff and Blaming Obamacare; Don’t Believe Them By Dan Diamond, California Healthline‘s Road to Reform, [...] - Nurses “Union” working hard to Smear Kaiser Permanente Reputation as Negotiating Tool
CNA nurses’ union girds for battle with Kaiser Permanente Chris Rauber, San Francisco Business Times, 9/18/13 The California Nurses Association, already [...] - California Clinics Say Measures to Address Primary Care Shortage Are Not Enough
California Clinics Say Measures to Address Primary Care Shortage Are Not Enough By Pauline Bartolone, capradio, 9/17/13 California lawmakers approved a number [...] - Sacramento Democrats Find Another Way to Make Health Care More Expensive
Bill would bring state billions in extra federal funds By Alex Matthews, HealthyCal, 9/15/13 The Legislature has sent a bill to Gov. [...] - ObamaCare GUARANTEES Insurance Coverage—Can Not Guarantee Doctors or Hospitals Will Be Available
Insurers limiting doctors, hospitals in health insurance market Insurers in California’s new health insurance exchange are holding down premiums by limiting [...] - Detroit Health Plan For Employees could Be Done in California-$125 Month Stipend Instead of Coverage—Cuts Costs by TWO-THIRDS
Detroit may end health care coverage for retirees under 65, replace it with $125 monthly stipends By Joe Guillen, Detroit Free [...] - More companies cutting off retiree health care -more workers forced onto government health care
More companies cutting off retiree health care Central Valley Business Times, 9/10/13 • Does it foreshadow eliminating health coverage for all [...] - Government to use Schools to “Teach” your Children “Good” Mental Health
California State Assembly Approves Padilla Bill Calling for Mental Health Education in Public Schools Focus on Raising Awareness and Increasing Understanding Senator [...] - Seiler: New Campaign for the Young—“Burn Your ObamaCare Card Like a Draft Card”
Kids burning Obamacare cards By John Seiler, Calwatchdog, 9/7/13 If you’re old enough, you might recall students burning their draft cards during [...] - Union seeks to block Kaiser from health benefit exchange-payback
Union seeks to block Kaiser from health benefit exchange Kathy Robertson, Sacramento Business Journal, 9/5/13 The National Union of Healthcare Workers filed [...] - Guv Brown/Obama: No need for Doctors Under ObamaCare “We got Paramedics Instead”
The paramedic will see you now By Alex Matthews, HealthyCal, 8/28/13 A day in the life of a typical paramedic is nothing [...] - High Jobless Rates Tied to the Way Obamacare Reduces the Reward for Working—Work Less, Get paid as Much
High Jobless Rates Tied to the Way Obamacare Reduces the Reward for Working By IRA STOLL, Special to the Sun, 9/2/13 When [...] - Citing Obamacare/Illegal Aliens, 40,000 Longshoremen Quit the AFL-CIO
Citing Obamacare, 40,000 Longshoremen Quit the AFL-CIO by Warner Todd Huston, Breitbart, 9/2/13 In what is being reported as a surprise move, [...] - Blue Shield of California to curb coverage of pricey cancer therapy -to comply with ObamaCare
Blue Shield of California to curb coverage of pricey cancer therapy Blue Shield says the high cost of some proton beam [...] - Cash-Only Healthcare: Is There a Concierge in the House?
Cash-Only Healthcare: Is There a Concierge in the House? Personal Injury Attorneys, 7/16/13 Not too long ago, a cash-only doctor sounded like [...] - Proof ObamaCare Hurting Patients: Fresno Hospital Fires 25 Due to High Costs and Low ObamaCare Reimbursements (Heart and Surgery Hospital)
Fresno heart hospital lays off 25 Fresno Bee, 8/21/13 Fresno Heart & Surgical Hospital has laid off 25 employees, hospital officials confirmed [...] - Health Law Adds New Expense For Farmers: Insurance For Field Workers —Lost Jobs/Higher Food Costs
Health Law Adds New Expense For Farmers: Insurance For Field Workers By Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health Care News, 8/21/13 HURON, Calif. — [...] - Illegal Aliens Demand Free Organ Transplants-$4 Billion a year Spent on Medical Care for Illegal Aliens
Illegal Aliens Demand Free Organ Transplants Judicial Watch, 8/20/13 Illegal immigrants have boldly demanded everything from civil rights in the U.S. to [...] - Rich Buy Good Private Education/Quality Private Health Care—Poor Get Government and Union Run Systems
Medicine for the 1 percent: MD² opens Menlo Park “concierge” practice for wealthy Chris Rauber, San Francisco Business Times, 8/20/13 If [...] - Guv Brown: I Want Choo Choo Trains Instead of Health and Dental Care for Children
Students with dental disease face new obstacle in Medi-Cal rate cut By Jane Meredith Adams, Edsource, 8/16/13 In a move that affects millions [...] - Low Cost Health Care in Nevada—Without Obama or Death Panels
A Nevada Health Plan — Without The Insurance By Pauline Bartolone, Capital Public Radio, 8/14/13 Shelley Toreson had health insurance for years, [...] - Doctors vs. Attorneys vs. Patients Again-On Ballot-$100 Million Fight
California political clash brews over malpractice cap John Myers, KQED, 8/8/13 Section 3333.2 of California’s civil code offers a level of specificity [...] - Grimes: Want a Doctor or Someone Who Wants to Play a Doctor? It is Your Health
Doctors rip idea of nurses playing doctor By Katy Grimes, Calwatchdog, 8/8/13 Medical doctors have qualifications no other medical employee has: four [...] - Hospital group warns of ‘health care dominoes’ falling with Medi-Cal cuts
Hospital group warns of ‘health care dominoes’ falling with Medi-Cal cuts Kathy Robertson, Sacramento Business Journal, 8/6/13 As California lawmakers settle back [...] - ObamaCare to Take tens of Billions From Families and Transfer to Government PLUS the Trillion $$ in Taxes
Ohio Latest State to Announce Insurance Rate Spikes Washington Free Beacon Staff, 8/1/13 Health insurance premiums for individuals in Ohio are rising [...] - Look out below! Work more, get less in Obamacare ‘cliff’
Look out below! Work more, get less in Obamacare ‘cliff’ By: Dan Mangan, CNBC, 7/30/13 Be careful you don’t fall off the [...] - UCLA: Great Recession may mean more Californians eligible for Medi-Cal expansion
UCLA: Great Recession may mean more Californians eligible for Medi-Cal expansion José Martinez, KPCC, 8/1/13 Researchers from UCLA say a demographic shift [...] - Brown STEALS $620 Million From Hospitals to Cover HIS Deficit
Hospitals file ballot initiative to protect Medi-Cal pay About 800,000 signatures will be needed to qualify a ballot measure by the [...] - Britain’s Single-Payer Horror Show: Report Details NHS Body Count—13,000 DELIBERATELY KILLED by British Government
Britain’s Single-Payer Horror Show: Report Details NHS Body Count Mike McNally, PJ Media, 7/25/13 British politicians used to boast that the National [...] - Unions Using Legislature Trying to Cut Kaiser—Purpose? Negotiations for Contracts
CA legislators put Kaiser under microscope By Paayal Zaveri, Calwatchdog, 7/24/13 SACRAMENTO — When the Legislature returns from its July recess, [...] - Paying Patients to Have Higher Bills to Pay for Hopsital to Enroll Illegal Aliens and the Poor
Hospitals get manual to help uninsured patients get coverage To get hospitals ready for that job, the California Hospital Association has [...] - Individual insurance marketplace more lucrative for Anthem, other insurers
Individual insurance marketplace more lucrative for Anthem, other insurers Anthem Blue Cross has withdrawn its application to participate in the small [...] - Berkeley orders Sutter Health’s Alta Bates to file details on community benefits
Berkeley orders Sutter Health’s Alta Bates to file details on community benefits The Berkeley City Council voted 7-1 Tuesday night to [...] - California Health Care Disaster Growing: Another Firm 31% of Coverage, Withdrawing From Market
Anthem Blue Cross shuns insurance market for small businesses Anthem is the first big insurer in California to publicly pass on [...] - Unions: Obamacare Will Shatter Backbone of Middle Class
Unions: Obamacare Will Shatter Backbone of Middle Class By Meghan Foley, Wall Street Cheat Sheet, 7/17/13 The Affordable Care Act now has [...] - California Rich Get Private Doctors—California Middle Class and Poor get Long Lines and Death Panels
Private Doctors Provide Personalized Care, For a Price By Pauline Bartolone, Capitol Radio, 7/11/13 The N1 Health Center for Functional Medicine sits [...] - What Covered California Thinks of Anti-Obamacare Ad-Will use Tax $$ to Mislead Public
What Covered California Thinks of Anti-Obamacare Ad Lisa Afferis, KQED, 7/9/13 You would think there was an election coming, judging by the [...] - Foreign Protesters Demand Hospital Provide Translators in Their Native Tongue—Protest Organized by Unions Wanting More Bribe Payers
Patients Protest Poor Interpretation At UCSD Medical Center By Megan Burks, KPBS, 7/9/13 Protesters carried signs in both English and their native languages [...] - ObamaCare to Create Orange County Health Care Crisis—280,000 New Patients but NO Added Doctors
Obamacare Nears, but Hurdles Remain for the Needy in OC By AMY DePAUL, Vocie of OC, 7/8/13 Beginning in January, about 280,000 [...] - Guv Brown Wants ObamaCare to Pay for Imprisoned Criminals
Jails look to ACA to insure inmates By Mary Flynn, California Health Report, 7/7/13 When the signature reforms of the Affordable Care [...] - Appeals court rules California healthcare limits invalid-adds hundreds of millions to California deficit
Appeals court rules California healthcare limits invalid By Dan Levine, Reuters, 7/5/13 California’s state law ending government coverage of adult dental, podiatry, [...] - California to give ObamaCare subsidies—WITHOUT Income Verification—Massive Fraud by Illegal Aliens and Others Easy—For at least one year
Not Qualified For Obamacare’s Subsidies? Just Lie — Govt. To Use ‘Honor System’ Without Verifying Your Eligibility Avik Roy,Frobes, 7/6/13 Marilyn [...] - Indiana Hospital Chain Firing 865 Employees—Can’t Afford ObamaCare
St. Vincent Health eliminating about 865 jobs in Indiana J.K. Wall, Independent Business Journal, 6/28/13 St. Vincent Health said late Friday afternoon that [...] - ObamaCare/Guv Brown Health Exchange Killing Health Insurance in California—Lack of Competition Equals Higher Rates
Second major health insurer pulls out of California market Insurance commissioner concerned that reduced competition hurts consumers required to purchase health [...] - Law prevents cuts in retiree health care costs
Law prevents cuts in retiree health care costs Ed Mendel, CalPensions, 7/1/13 A Senate committee last week approved two bills that free the [...] - Grimes: Illegal Aliens and 50% of Americans That do not pay Income Taxes Exempted From ObamaCare
Another Obamacare exemption revealed By Katy Grimes, Calwatchdog, 6/29/13 In February, the Treasury Department’s summary was released announcing who won’t have to pay a fine if [...] - ObamaCare Causes Porterville Hospital to FIRE 49 Medical Workers—Can’t Afford Quality Heath Care Under Obama
Porterville hospital cuts staff Central Valley Business Times, 6/27/13 • Laying off 49 workers • Blames Affordable Care Act, fewer patients Sierra [...] - Santa Barbara: On Hook for $7 Million for More Expensive Health Care—With Less Service and MUCH Longer Waits
SB County facing significant Affordable Care Act cost Brian Bullock, Santa Maria Times, 6/26/13 Santa Barbara County could be on the hook [...] - WORST BILL OF THE YEAR!!! AB 880-$6-15,000 FINES Per Employee for lack of Sacramento Approved Health Care
CA unions split over new Obamacare penalties By John Hrabe, Calwatchog, 6/25/13 The new federal health care law has yet to take [...] - Sacramento Democrats to Allow Pharmacists to Act as “Doctors”-did you really need a qualified doctor?
Pharmacists would be allowed to provide more care to Californians under SB493 Stephanie O’Neill, KPCC, 6/24/13 With the federal health care law [...] - California Measure Would Prevent Cuts To Hospital-Based Nursing Care -where is $$ to pay for this?
California Measure Would Prevent Cuts To Hospital-Based Nursing Care Pauline Bartolone/Capital Public Radio, 6/24/13 California lawmakers and the Governor have reached a budget [...] - Obama Caught Lying, But Do the People Care? He has LIMITED Your Health Care Choices
Aetna to exit a key market in California Nearly 50,000 Aetna customers with individual health policies in California will need to [...] - CA schools flunking Obamacare preparation-children will suffer
CA schools flunking Obamacare preparation By Evelyn B. Stacey, Calwatchdog, 6/17/13 The implementation of the Affordable Care Act — Obamacare — isn’t [...] - The Affordable Care Act Subsidizes People to Quit their Jobs—800,000?
The Affordable Care Act Subsidizes People to Quit their Jobs—800,000? National Center for Policy Analysis, 6/18/13 Employees and employers often take steps [...] - Acupuncturists expect surge in patients under Obamacare-while some women are denied medicine for breast cancer
Acupuncturists expect surge in patients under Obamacare By Genevieve Bookwalter, California Health Report, 6/18/13 Students at Five Branches University in Santa Cruz [...] - City of Los Angeles Wants to Spend $261 Million to Create a “Public Health” Department—In Competition With County, State and Feds
A Public Health Initiative That Will Make You Sick Written by Jack Humphreville, City Watch LA, 6/18/13 LA WATCHDOG - As a result [...] - Democrat Insurance Commissioner: Small Businesses have NO RIGHT TO FREE CHOICE of Health Care Insurance Providers—Gov’t Will Control
Commissioner Jones recommends Covered California exclude Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Cross of California from participating in Small Business Exchange Recommendation [...] - Only 5500 to Be Fired When San Onofre Closes/Thousands More Due to Higher Energy Costs
San Onofre nuclear plant closure will mean hundreds of layoffs Wendy Lee | June 9th, 2013 Edison announced on June 7th that [...] - Kaiser Should Stick to Medicine—Stop the Obama Lies and Propaganda
Beyond Rebates: How Much Are Consumers Saving from the ACA’s Medical Loss Ratio Provision? Cynthia Cox,Gary Claxton and Larry Levitt, Kaiser, 6/6/13 Most of the conversation [...] - CA Medi-Cal rate cuts could hit this summer—health care shortage to start soon
Medi-Cal rate cuts could hit this summer An enthusiastic crowd of health care execs, providers, home care workers and others jammed [...] - South Portland doctor stops accepting insurance, posts prices online-cash ONLY
South Portland doctor stops accepting insurance, posts prices online By Jackie Farwell, Bangor Daily News, 5/27/13 Dr. Michael Ciampi took his practice [...] - Coming: A Two-Tiered Health Care System
Coming: A Two-Tiered Health Care System By John Goodman, National Center for Policy Analysis, 5/30/13 I believe we are moving toward two [...] - California to Pay $12 Million to Promote Government Health Care—Less $$ for health Care
Covered California to pay $12M for ad agency and PR over two years Chris Rauber, San Francisco Business Times, 5/24/13 Covered [...] - Obamacare premiums may be lower than expected, but…wait till the increases next year!!
Obamacare premiums may be lower than expected, but… By Mark Lacter, LA Observed, 5/24/13 Can anybody make heads of tails of the [...] - Loss leader Rates for CA Obamacare in 2014—2015—no limits to rates!
Covered California announces 13 health plans Nannette Miranda, KABC, 5/24/13 Thirteen health plans will be available on California’s Health Benefits Exchange starting [...] - Will California Dumb Down Health Care to Third World Status—Leave Out the Doctors?
Survey: Doctors, nurse practitioners disagree on scope of nurses’ role José Martinez, KPCC, 5/16/13 Rosaura Guizar, a patient at UMMA Community Clinic [...] - Obama/Brown Wants Doctors to Work for Minimum Wage—Take Financial Risks—Doctors Refuse
Most doctors still reject Medicaid as program expansion nears By Tony Pugh , McClatchy Newspapers, 5/14/13 BONIFAY, Fla. — Sandra Duck thinks [...] - New program to curb hospital return visits may burden smaller ones in poorer areas
New program to curb hospital return visits may burden smaller ones in poorer areas (map) Deborah Schoch, California HealthCare Foundation Center [...] - In California: ObamaCare “Marketing” Actually Payoffs to Unions and Planned Parenthood
Covered California exchange set to make $30M in outreach grants, some potentially controversial Chris Rauber, San Francisco Business Times, 5/10/13 Covered California, [...] - ObamaCare Sticker Shock: 40-70% INCREASE in Private Insurance Costs SOON
Insurance exec sees rate spike under health reform Western Health Advantage CEO Garry Maisel expects to see rates spike for individual [...] - Who Needs Doctors: Legislature to Say We Only Need Nurse Practitioners
California Weighs Expanded Role For Nurse Practitioners NPR, 5/9/13 Nurse Practioner Tina Clark examines Anastacia Casperson at the Glide Health Clinic in [...] - Is System Broke? Malpractice cap, medical board under attack
Malpractice cap, medical board under attack Growing numbers of attorneys decline medical malpractice cases because they are too time-intensive and costly [...] - Grimes: CA Obamacare penalty to cost employers more than plan
CA Obamacare penalty to cost employers more than plan By Katy Grimes, Calwatchdog, 5/7/13 As more regulations are discovered in the 2010 [...] - Nurses union threatens 7-day East Bay strike against Sutter hospitals
Nurses union threatens 7-day East Bay strike against Sutter hospitals San Francisco Business Times, 5/7/13 The California Nurses Association is planning a [...] - AFSCME workers authorize strike at five UC medical centers
AFSCME workers authorize strike at five UC medical centers San Francisco Business Times, 5/7/13 AFSCME Local 3299, which represents nearly 13,000 technical [...] - Grimes: State of California Allows Firm to Operate Health Care Agencies for Ten years—With NO License!
Politically connected HealthCare Partners sidestepped licensing for 10 years By Katy Grimes, Calwatchdog, 5/3/13 One of the original pioneers of the Obamacare [...] - As Expected—ObamaCare Harms Health Care for Poor—As Well as Rest of Society
Hospitals fear lost revenue Health law mandating millions buy insurance could mean cut in reimbursements for treating the poor By Paul Sisson, [...] - Legislature to Restore Medical Pay Cuts—Where is the $$ to Pay?
Measure To Reverse Medi-Cal Pay Cut Advances SAN DIEGO — Momentum is building in the state legislature to reverse a looming 10 [...] - Union Agreements and ObamaCare—Possible Cause for Hospital Cut Backs?
Sutter Health files under WARN Act for 169 NorCal layoffs Chris Rauber, San Francisco Business Times, 5/1/13 Sutter Health has filed on [...] - Prefunding retiree health care: Is this the year? Does it Matter?
Prefunding retiree health care: Is this the year? Ed Mendel, CalPensions, 4/29/13 With pensions presumably shored up by Gov. Brown’s reform and a [...] - Reverse Medi-Cal rate cuts, health providers say-or less health care
Reverse Medi-Cal rate cuts, health providers say Kathy Robertson, Sacramento Business Journal, 4/25/13 An unlikely coalition of doctors, dentists, hospitals, health plans [...] - Government Raises Cost of Health Care Beyond What Companies Can Pay
Fewer Californians getting health insurance through their job Central Valley Business Times, 4/24/13 • Premiums are skyrocketing • Workers paying increasing [...] - Seiler: Obamacare already gutting CA jobs
Obamacare already gutting CA jobs By John Seiler, Calwatchdog, 4/20/13 Obamacare officially is called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. But [...] - UC hospital workers to hold strike vote
UC hospital workers to hold strike vote Kathy Robertson,, Sacramento Business Journal, 4/18/13 After 10 months at the bargaining table with the [...] - Obamacare a ‘train wreck,’ according to bill’s supporters
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House Spending Bill Cuts Funding For Exchanges By Mary Agnes Carey< Kaiser Health News, 3/7/13 You don’t hear much these days about [...] - Briefing Report: Why MICRA Matters
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New Medicare Advantage Cuts Could Force Millions of Seniors Off Current Plans Obama-McNerney Obamacare Medicare Cuts Will Cripple Medicare Advantage in [...] - Due to High Cost of ObamaCare: 20 Million Union Members Could be Forced onto Government Health Care
Big Labor Backed ObamaCare Decimating Benefits for Union Members By NRTW Committee Staff, 2/24/13 Seems like union bosses have finally gotten [...] - SEIU Does Not Disrupt “Oscar” Party—Instead will Try to Close Down Motion Picture Hospital
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Federal Government To Run Insurance Marketplaces In Half The States By Phil Galewitz and Alvin Tran, Kaiser Health News, 2/19/13 It’s official. [...] - $2 BILLION in Medicaid Funds JUST for Illegal Aliens-$1 Billion in CA
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A Physician’s New Reality: Patients Ask Me to Break the Law Ironically, but expectedly, the ones who do this now are [...] - CHA leader: Unions, organizations need to work together
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Obama-care supporting quiet boom in new school-based health centers By Tom Chorneau, slacabinet report, 10/1/12 If all goes as planned, the [...] - Obama’s Social Security Disability policy busting Calif. general fund
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Thank You, Obamacare: Families Pay $3000 More for Insurance; Obama Promised $2500 Decrease by Joel B. Pollak, Big Government, 9/25/12 President Barack [...] - The Emerging Obamacare Truth Is Disarray
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Medicare’s New Price Control Board National Center for Policy Analysis, 9/11/12 Supporters of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) claim [...] - Gov’t Schools in Orange County Becoming Gov’t Health Care Centers
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Socialized Medicine Is Enough To Chase Away British Doctors Investors.com, 8/28/12 Health Care: Britain is suffering from an exodus of doctors. If [...] - Special session planned to tackle Health Benefit Exchange issues
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Sterilization for 15 Yr Olds Needs No Parental Consent Under ObamaCare – Effective 8-1-12 By Maggie, Maggies Notebook, 8/27/12 This literally made [...] - State Can’t Keep FELONS From Working in Health Care-Refuses to Enforce Laws
State struggles with limiting felons in home health care jobs Critics, some officials worry loopholes in caretaker program invite fraud By Jennifer [...] - State, Local Officials Consider Cutting Gov’t Retiree Health Care
State, Local Officials Consider Cutting Gov’t Retiree Health Care California Healthline, 8/7/12 State leaders and local government officials are targeting government retiree health [...] - The Real Cost of ObamaCare Starts: Adds 15 Cents to a Pizza and Job Losses
Papa John’s: ‘Obamacare’ will raise pizza prices By BYRON TAU, Politico, 8/7/12 Pizza chain Papa John’s told shareholders that President Obama’s [...] - Study: Minorities hit hardest by Calif. hospital overcrowding
Study: Minorities hit hardest by Calif. hospital overcrowding Findings ‘are a matter of concern,’ says study by UCSF, Stanford, UCLA researchers By [...] - Got docs? CA Does Not Have Enough
Got docs? Insurance may not fix the health care woes of the poor By Robin Urevich, California Health Report, 8/6/12 Anita Montalbano sits [...] - Obama Health Care to KILL Safety Net Hospitals for the Poor
Safety Net Hospitals Imperiled by High Court Ruling by Christine Vestal, Stateline, 8/6/12 Safety net hospitals, which serve the vast majority [...] - Administrators ordered to stop making patient care decisions
Administrators ordered to stop making patient care decisions Christina Jewett, California Watch, 8/6/12 California managed care regulators are ordering a doctors’ group [...] - Calif. retiree health care time bomb is ticking
Calif. retiree health care time bomb is ticking By Dave Roberts, Calwatchdog, 8/2/12 When discussing California’s exorbitant benefits for state government employees [...] - More uninsured in San Mateo County to receive health care-who pays?
More uninsured in San Mateo County to receive health care Under pressure, Peninsula Health Care District releases $4.6 million to [...] - UCLA Doctors to Run Private Clinics for CVS Drug Stores—Step Toward Gov’t Takeover?
UCLA doctors to oversee 11 CVS Minute Clinics Los Angeles Business from bizjournals, 7/25/12 Under a collaborative agreement with CVS Caremark, UCLA [...] - Anthem Blue Cross ordered by Gov’t to stop trying to collect old overpayments
Anthem Blue Cross ordered to stop trying to collect old overpayments Sacramento Business Journal by Kathy Robertson, 7/17/12 State regulators ordered Anthem [...] - Surgical costs much lower outside Bay Area
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Closing ‘essential’ St. Luke’s Hospital could hurt poor By: Ari Burack, SF Examiner, 07/11/12 “St. Luke’s has been an essential emergency room [...] - Planned Parenthood and Obama Need to Keep Medical Malpractice Caps in CA
State’s medical malpractice law faces more challenges Bernice Yeung, California Watch, 7/2/12 The family of a San Francisco man who died [...] - CA Doctor Shortage as Obama/Brown Give “FREE” Health Care to Over Two Million Californians
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Union warns of possible Dignity Health strike Sacramento Business Journal by Kathy Robertson, 6/19/12 Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West has [...] - ObamaCare Court Ruling Could Force CA to ‘Rethink Everything’-Cost Taxpayers Billions
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Don’t Believe the Actuaries, Medicare Is Far From Safe By: Sally C. Pipes, 6/12/12 According to a recent analysis conducted by actuaries [...] - CalPERS plans health premium hike of 9.6% — Workers Pay Cut
CalPERS plans health premium hike of 9.6% http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2012/06/13/calpers-plans-health-premium-hike-of.html?page=all Sacramento Business Journal by Kathy Robertson, 6/13/12 The California Public Employees’ Retirement System is poised [...] - Clinics Prepare for Onslaught of Patients-While Obama Takes Away Resources
Clinics Prepare for Onslaught of Patients By Genevieve Bookwalter, HealthyCal.org, 6/6/12 As federal health care reform promises insurance for tens of [...] - Gov’t Health Care districts Are “Corporations”, Not Health Care Providers
Health care district reforms are on hold Jennifer Gollan, California Watch, 6/1/12 An effort to impose spending restrictions on California’s taxpayer-funded health [...] - Well Intentioned Program a Failure: Government Programs Do Not Work
Loan forgiveness program to recruit doctors has few takers Peninsula Health Care District funded plan for years http://www.baycitizen.org/government/story/loan-forgiveness-doctors-health-care/ By Jennifer Gollan, Bay Citizern, [...] - Arnold/Jerry..Phony Cuts-Meet the New Costs, Same as the Old Costs
Meet the New Costs, Same as the Old Costs By David Gorn, California Healthline, 5/25/12 After more than a year of [...] - Obama KILLED Health Care Coverage for Students With Anti-Catholic Demands
College Ends Student Health Plan Libby A. Nelson, Inside Higher Education, 5/16/12 A Roman Catholic college in Ohio announced Tuesday that it [...] - 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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[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
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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
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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, [...]
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