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Health care costs jump to the fore as candidates jockey to be California governor

With the contest a year away, polling shows voters want the next governor to minimize out-of-pocket health care costs, increase mental health care, and expand caregiving services. Read More

Health insurance premiums set to soar for 29,000 Sonoma, Napa Covered California enrollees as subsidies near expiration

Those residents, who purchase coverage through the state exchange, would face average premium increases of 89% in Sonoma County and 85% in Napa County if Congress fails to extend pandemic-era ... Read More

California union proposes taxing billionaires to offset Medicaid cuts

California voters could decide next year whether to impose a one-time tax on billionaires to backfill federal funding cuts to health care SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A major union ... Read More

The U.S. experiment with profit-driven health care has failed

Woolhandler and Himmelstein are both general internists, distinguished professors of public health at the City University of New York’s Hunter College, and lecturers in medicine at Harvard Medical ... Read More

New California tax could raise $100 billion for health care

A coalition led by a major California union is pushing a new ballot initiative that would impose a one-time 5 percent tax on the state’s billionaires, aimed at filling a projected shortfall in federal ... Read More

Elevance Health’s Profits Eclipse $1.1 Billion Despite Rising Costs

Elevance Health Tuesday said third quarter net income rose to nearly $1.2 billion despite rising costs in its government-subsidized health insurance plans including Medicare Advantage. Like many of ... Read More

Your health insurance premiums are set to jump in 2026, with costs rising twice as fast as inflation

Open enrollment — the annual window when employees can adjust their benefits — may deliver sticker shock this year. Workers are likely to pay between 6% to 7% more for their 2026 employer-sponsored ... Read More