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L.A. council puts measure to form city health agency on ballot

2013-06-19 20:16:00

Feeling backed against a wall by petitioners from an AIDS activist group, Los Angeles City Council members agreed Wednesday to place a measure on next year's ballot asking if voters want the city to create an independent health agency. But then they...

California passes a budget that could be a federal template

2013-06-14 21:25:00

SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers passed a budget Friday that lays the groundwork for the largest expansion of public healthcare in the country, placing the state at the leading edge of President Obama's federal overhaul. The budget, which the...

Walk-in clinics gaining popularity

2013-06-14 21:26:00

Tabitha Smith had been sick for about a week last November with what she thought was just a cold. When she didn't get better, her mom pushed her to see a doctor. "I told her I can't afford the doctor," says Smith, a 31-year-old social media manager who...

Regulator wants to bar Anthem from small-business health exchange

2013-06-13 17:48:00

California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones wants industry giant Anthem Blue Cross barred from the state's new health exchange for small businesses because he says the company imposes excessive rate hikes. Jones said the state's largest for-profit...

Kaiser's Obamacare rates surprise analysts

2013-06-12 18:28:00

In California's new state-run health insurance market, Kaiser Permanente will cost you. The healthcare giant has the highest rates in Southern California and some other areas of the state, surpassing rivals such as Anthem Blue Cross and other smaller...

California insurance chief: Keep Anthem out of small-biz exchange

2013-06-13 11:32:00

California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, in an unusual move, wants Anthem Blue Cross barred from the state's new health exchange for small businesses because of the company's excessive rate hikes in the past. Thursday, Jones asked Covered...

Blue Shield, Anthem owe small firms millions of dollars in rebates

2013-06-04 00:00:00

Blue Shield of California owes $24.5 million in rebates to thousands of small-business customers, and rival Anthem Blue Cross will return $12 million to small firms under requirements of the federal healthcare law. The annual rebates were disclosed in...

Q&A: Henry Winkler wants another season of 'Arrested Development'

2013-05-31 17:20:00

Henry Winkler has managed to stay in the comedy zeitgeist for more than 40 years, from his star-shot to fame on "Happy Days" in 1974 to the fourth season of "Arrested Development" on Netflix. These days Winkler continues to make recurring appearances on...

Children's Hospital L.A. doctors aiding refugees, others in Jordan

2013-05-31 10:38:00

Doctors from Children's Hospital Los Angeles traveled to Amman, Jordan, this week to treat Syrian refugees and other local�children with physical deformities. The doctors have reviewed 76 cases and plan to conduct about 30 surgeries at the King...

Avandia review by FDA examines whether dangers were overdrawn

2013-06-05 16:35:00

Three years after the Food and Drug Administration was taken to task for overlooking safety problems with the diabetes drug Avandia, a panel of FDA advisors met Wednesday to open a two-day review of the research that guided the agency's actions. The...

New California health insurance rates unveiled

2013-05-23 17:59:00

Amid anxiety over rising costs from the federal healthcare law, California received better-than-expected insurance rates for a new state-run marketplace, but many consumers still won't be spared from sharply higher premiums. Three years after...

UnitedHealth, Aetna and Cigna opt out of California insurance exchange

2013-05-22 17:59:00

Some prominent health insurers, including industry giant UnitedHealth Group Inc., are not participating in California's new state-run health insurance market, possibly limiting the number of choices for millions of consumers. UnitedHealth, the nation'...

California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones says excessive rate hikes from Anthem Blue Cross should preclude the health insurer from being in a new state health insurance market for small employers.

2013-06-13 09:57:19

Bernardo "Bernie" Fernandez, M.D., is the president of Cleveland Clinic Florida, a world-renowned academic medical center with locations in Weston and West Palm Beach, Florida.

2013-06-12 00:00:00

Frank Nask is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Broward Health. He joined Broward Health in 2006 as Chief Financial Officer for one of the largest public healthcare systems in the United States. He was named President and CEO in 2008. Prior to joining Broward Health, Mr.

2013-06-07 08:18:00