hospitals

Rob Bonta, en las audiencias de confirmación para ser el próximo fiscal general de California, expuso sus prioridades para responsabilizar a la policía. Foto de Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Health

Catholic hospital agrees to provide abortions after California sues over miscarriage care

A Catholic hospital in rural California agreed to provide emergency abortions after the state sued it, alleging it denied care to a woman who miscarried.

By

Kristen Hwang

• October 29, 2024

A close-up and angled view of the "Beach Cities Health District" sign at the medical complex in Redondo Beach. The building is visible in the right corner, and the sky above is hazy and blue.

Elections

California voters could make it easier for cities to build fire stations and fix hospitals — right away

Proposition 5 would lower the threshold for local bond measures to pass. It could immediately benefit fire, hospital and housing measures in the 2024 election.

By

Cayla Mihalovich

• October 29, 2024

A line of protestors holding signs and marching in front of a hospital.

Mental Health

Kaiser Permanente mental health workers begin open-ended strike in Southern California

The strike is the second one in a little more than two years by California mental health workers at Kaiser Permanente. The last one lasted 10 weeks. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters

By

Joe Garcia

• October 21, 2024

Health

Kaiser mental health workers prepare to strike, this time in Southern California

The strike would be the second one in a little more than two years by California mental health workers at Kaiser Permanente. The clock is ticking to avoid a walkout.

By

Jocelyn Wiener

• October 11, 2024

A patient waits in line to pick up a prescription at La Clinica in Oakland on Sept. 26, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Health

Newsom sides with health care industry in rejecting rules for prescription drug middlemen, hedge funds

Gov. Newsom in vetoing regulations for pharmacy benefit managers and hedge funds in health said his administration is working to protect consumers in different ways.

By

Kristen Hwang

• September 28, 2024

A person in a bright orange fleece sweater and a paisley dress sits on a chair inside a waiting room at a doctors office in Pasadena. A walking cane lays on the floor in front of them.

Health

California’s cap on health care costs is the nation’s strongest. But will patients notice?

California's new cap on health care cost increases is regarded as the most aggressive in the nation. It includes potential fines against companies that exceed the limit.

By

Kristen Hwang

• September 18, 2024

Latrina Jackson, the mother of Detranay Blankenship, holds her hand as she is about to give birth for the first time at Martin Luther King Community Hospital in Los Angeles, on March 22, 2024. Photo by Jules Hotz for CalMatters

Health

Most maternal deaths can be prevented. Here’s how California aims to cut them in half

The California surgeon general is launching a campaign today to spread awareness about health conditions that contribute to pregnancy-related deaths, such as heart disease.

By

Ana B. Ibarra

• September 17, 2024

A newborn baby sleeps in a bed in a hospital room while their mother rests in a bed nearby, looking at her.

Health

California’s maternity care crisis is worsening as Newsom decides on bills to slow closures

Dozens of California hospitals shut their maternity wards over the past decade, and the trend continued in 2024 after lawmakers advanced plans to slow the closures.

By

Kristen Hwang

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Erica Yee

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Ana B. Ibarra

• September 16, 2024

Sally K., thirty-eight weeks pregnant, waits for her check-up at the Best Start Birthing Center in San Diego on March 20, 2024. Photo by Ariana Drehsler for CalMatters

Health

They delivered 5,600 babies. They blame California rules for putting them out of business

Birth centers are popular options for families who want to deliver a baby outside of a hospital. Nineteen of them closed in California in the past decade, deepening the state's maternity care crisis.

By

Kristen Hwang

• August 26, 2024

A person sits in a medical chair while they're hooked up to a dialysis machine.

Health

Big California health care businesses win exemptions from proposed hedge fund rules

A California Democrat who made a name for himself by taking on the health care industry is carrying a bill to regulate private equity stakes in the sector.

By

Kristen Hwang

• August 19, 2024

Hospitals