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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

They want to be California’s next governor. Here’s what they’d do about health care

Democratic governor candidates say they’ll fight back against Trump’s health cuts and make care more affordable – but they aren’t saying how they’d pay for it. Read More

California’s Health Insurance Marketplace Braces for Chaos as Shutdown Persists

California this week plans to notify Affordable Care Act marketplace enrollees that their costs could rise sharply next year unless Congress extends subsidies to help people buy health insurance. Read More

“Big Beautiful Bill” fallout could be “devastating” to Valley health care, Assembly members say

The chairwoman of the California State Assembly’s Health Committee said changes to the federal Medicaid health ... 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

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

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

States jostle over $50 billion rural health fund as Trump's Medicaid cuts trigger scramble

Washington — Nationwide, states are racing to win their share of a new $50 billion rural health fund. But helping rural hospitals, as originally envisioned, is quickly becoming a quaint idea. Rather, ... Read More