Newsletters
Population growth, aging parents, amputation, dissection and lobbying
California's lobbying business accelerates while its birthrate lags; popularity of accessory dwelling units gives rise to the PIMBYs
Health Care
Commentary
Six months after toxic smoke, health of immigrant workers still at risk
We need to make quality health care affordable to everyone who lives in California, immigrants and people born in the U.S. alike. Removing exclusions to health care for undocumented Californians is one step on the road to an equitable and workable healthcare system.
Health
Reversal in sight? State rethinks decision to quit providing glasses to needy adults
The question in the Capitol now: Is it time to restore several health benefits the state took from Medi-Cal recipients a decade ago, including the clearer vision that eyeglasses provide?
Newsletters
Newsom’s new mission, a corporate tax hike, health care and charter schools
In El Salvador, Gavin Newsom sees immigration policy as a mission, while in Sacramento legislators propose bills to hike corporate taxes, curb charter schools and make health care more affordable
Commentary
California can’t wait for Washington’s approval to control health care spending
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s call in his State of the State speech to restrain health care costs in California is rooted in some eye popping numbers. The cost of healthcare for a family of four reached $28,000 in 2018. If nothing is done, it will soon be $30,000 and more. This is clearly unsustainable. The governor can take the lead on two issues right now.
Commentary
Proposition 187’s real impact: A generation that will never forget
To a 6-year-old child considering Proposition 187 of 1994, the question was simple: How could a government deny a human being the right to an education or health care just because they didn’t have proper documentation to live in this country?
Health
California raised taxes to pay doctors for the poor—and is still waiting for them
The tobacco-tax hike passed in 2016, but it's still unclear whether more medical providers will accept Medi-Cal, the state's health plan for low-income Californians.
Newsletters
Homeless undercounts, UC’s stand, child birth complications
Homeless counts questioned, UC takes a stand on access to scholarly research, birth complications spike for new moms
Health
Trump’s under-the-radar $1 abortion bill idea: Will it undermine Obamacare in California?
A little-noticed federal proposal aims to force California’s health exchange insurers to send all their customers a second premium bill every month, for $1 —the amount the state requires to cover unrestricted abortion benefits.
Newsletters
Healthcare, taxes, $2 million, and Stormy Daniels
California needs health workers—stat. Medical exemptions to vaccination laws are spiking. And Stormy Daniels wants a stripper exemption to Dynamex.