Health Care Reform (2009)

Healthcare for Angelina Jolie -- and everyone else [Blowback]

2013-05-18 05:00:00

We applaud Times columnist Robin Abcarian for shining the light on the inequities in our healthcare system in response to Angelina Jolie’s recent announcement about her prophylactic mastectomy. When Jolie made her medical decision, she had at her...

Part-timers to lose pay amid health act's new math

2013-05-02 05:00:00

Many part-timers are facing a double whammy from President Obama's Affordable Care Act. The law requires large employers offering health insurance to include part-time employees working 30 hours a week or more. But rather than provide healthcare to more...

Obama pledges to renew efforts to close Guantanamo prison

2013-04-30 10:26:00

WASHINGTON – President Obama said Tuesday he is renewing efforts to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and will search for members of Congress to help him get it done. “I’m going to go back at this,” Obama...

Obamacare and the plight of part-time employees

2013-05-02 13:15:00

A flurry of news reports, including one Thursday by my colleague Chad Terhune, has documented an unintended consequence of Obamacare: the decision by some employers to keep fewer full-time workers on the payroll or reduce the hours of near full-time...

McManus: Obama's war on red tape

2013-04-28 00:00:00

Here are three things the Obama administration has done that you probably didn't know about: Ever struggle with those accordion-style rubber sleeves on nozzles at the gas station? The sleeve — technically a "vapor recovery nozzle" — was...

Letters: Doctors and nurses -- who will take care of us?

2013-04-25 00:00:00

Re "Can't a nurse do that?," Editorial, April 21 To combat the impending physician shortage all across California, and the crisis already facing rural areas, state law absolutely must change to allow greater independence for non-physician medical...

Baucus' exit drains hope for tax reform

2013-04-23 11:53:00

This post has been updated, as indicated below. Six-term Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, announced Tuesday that he won't run for reelection in 2014. You may now kiss any hope of a sweeping tax reform bill...

3 million Californians could receive health insurance subsidies

2013-04-09 17:29:00

Some Republicans still cling to the hope that they'll be able to repeal Obamacare someday, but a report released Wednesday by Families USA shows why it may be even harder for them to do so after Jan. 1. The report estimates that nearly 3 million...

Letters: Healthcare's rising costs

2013-04-02 00:00:00

Re "A bump for the healthcare law," Editorial, and "Health costs to rise 30% for some," March 29 The rise in insurance premiums is one of many "bumps" Californians will need to endure as provisions of President Obama's Affordable Care Act are put in...

Insurers see way to dodge federal healthcare law next year

2013-04-02 04:00:00

A new fight is brewing over health insurance companies letting millions of Americans renew their current coverage for another year — and thereby avoid changes under the federal healthcare law. That may offer a short-term benefit for certain...

Bump in the road for healthcare law

2013-03-29 00:00:00

One figure in a new report neatly summarizes the potential pitfalls for Obamacare: 30.1%. That's how much premiums could rise next year, on average, for the roughly 1.3 million moderate- and upper-income Californians who buy individual health insurance...

Insurers eager to maintain authority over healthcare premiums

2013-03-26 15:19:00

While most of us face uncertainty with the rollout of healthcare reform, some insurance companies in California have been feeling their oats lately. Here's how they're responding to Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones' warnings that their latest rate...

U.S. President Barack Obama won the re-election on Nov. 6 and health care reform remains the law.

2012-11-29 20:43:30

U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, of Connecticut's 4th district: "With this decision in place, people and busrd with the certainty that they will have access to affordable health insurance," he said in a statement.

2012-06-28 00:00:00

Olive View worker Dwight Ravara, top, gets ready to admit Jose Molina, who may now qualify for Healthy Way L.A., the county program that acts as a bridge to healthcare reform.

2012-06-28 00:00:00