hospitales

Comentario

Patients are often left ‘out of network’ as hospitals, insurers clash over cost

Guest Commentary written by Craig Wagoner Craig Wagoner is president and CEO of Community Health System No one wants to see health insurance premiums rise. Individuals, small businesses and large employers are already under inflationary pressures. But it will be far worse if health insurance companies fail to help address rising costs facing healthcare providers. […]

By Craig Wagoner • marzo 26, 2026

Two people wearing hospital scrubs sit and look at a computer screen inside a hospital room. Other medical equipment can be seen nearby.

Salud

A California county’s only hospital cleared a federal hurdle, but it still needs millions to reopen

Congress restores critical access status for Glenn Medical Center, but the shuttered California hospital still needs $40-50 million to reopen.

Por

Ana B Ibarra

• febrero 14, 2026

A medical employee in blue scrubs works at a computer in a white corridor in a hospital, with a room open on both sides of the hallway.

Comentario

Hospitals’ opaque pricing is crushing California’s small businesses

Hospitals often charge California’s small businesses more than Medicare for the same treatments and tack on hidden “facilities fees.”

By Bianca Blomquist • febrero 10, 2026

Salud

California mental health hospitals warn of cuts after state hands down staffing rules

Psychiatric hospitals could close beds under proposed state rules if regulators don’t allow implementation time, facilities warn.

Por

kristen hwang

• enero 28, 2026

A child stands at the front of a street march holding a large poster with a photo of an older person seated outdoors holding a large bouquet of lilies. Above the photo, handwritten text reads “Mi abuelita no es criminal.” People around the child carry additional handmade signs and posters, along with large butterfly wing props. The group appears to be participating in an immigration-related protest or demonstration.

Comentario

After ICE arrests come health scares for the detained

Families of detained immigrants describe what many studies have found: ICE centers are ill-equipped to care for people with chronic illness, causing more suffering and death

Por

George B. Sánchez-Tello

• diciembre 2, 2025

A white ambulance truck is parked in front of a light brown building with a sign that reads "Plumas Hospital District."

Salud

She drove a hundred miles to give birth. New California laws are bringing maternity care closer to home

Three years after closing its maternity ward, a new state law will help a rural Northern California hospital bring birth services back to the community.

Por

kristen hwang

• noviembre 12, 2025

La enfermera registrada Kristie Scheidt pasa por algunas de las habitaciones de la unidad de cuidados intensivos dentro del Hospital El Camino Health Mountain View en Mountain View el martes 22 de diciembre de 2020. Foto de Randy Vazquez, Bay Area News Group

Comentario

Hospitals want to be free to raise prices. California is right to limit them

A hospital group's lawsuit challenges the state's caps on price increases, as state leaders also try to help consumers cope with federal health care cuts.

By Amanda McAllister-Wallner and Kiran Savage-Sangwan • noviembre 10, 2025

Salud

Adam Schiff and Doug LaMalfa want to reopen this county’s only hospital. But it won’t be easy

Glenn Medical Center has been in the same location for decades, but a narrow interpretation of a federal rule shut it down. Now thousands of people have to leave the county for emergency care.

Por

Ana B Ibarra

• octubre 29, 2025

A group of armed law enforcement officers in tactical gear walk along a city sidewalk beside a modern building and palm trees. Their uniforms and body armor display “Border Patrol” patches, and several carry rifles while scanning the area.

Comentario

When ICE comes to a California hospital, nurses and doctors must protect their patients

Federal and state laws impose duties on California's health professionals to protect and advocate for patients regardless of immigration status.

By Kimberly Galindo • octubre 21, 2025

Medical equipment and supplies are organized on rolling carts in a hospital hallway. A monitor, disinfecting wipes, and folded blue gowns are visible, with a computer workstation in the background and privacy curtains along one side of the corridor.

Salud

California hospitals are suing over the state’s efforts to curb their spending

Hospitals argue that spending caps imposed by an affordability office will result in layoffs, cuts in health care services and reduced access to care for Californians.

Por

Ana B Ibarra

• octubre 15, 2025