Bounties and Bonuses Leave Small Hospitals Behind in Staffing Wars
A recent lawsuit filed by one Wisconsin health system that temporarily prevented seven workers from starting new jobs at a different health network raised eyebrows, including those of Brock Slabach,...
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Ready for Another Pandemic Malady? It’s Called ‘Decision Fatigue’
Most all of us have felt the exhaustion of pandemic-era decision-making. Should I travel to see an elderly relative? Can I see my friends and, if so, is inside OK? Mask or no mask? Test or no test?...
View ArticleNew Covered California Leader Urges Renewal of Enhanced Federal Aid for...
When she was Pennsylvania’s insurance commissioner, Jessica Altman, the appointee of a Democratic governor, often bumped against the political limits of health care policy in a state where Republicans...
View ArticleLA’s First Heat Officer Says Helping Vulnerable Communities Is Key to...
https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/Heidi-LA-Heat-Officer-Interview_01.mp3 Then, it hit home. “My dad, himself, got really sick one time and almost died,” said Segura, 58, the...
View ArticlePrimera oficial para el clima de LA dice que ayudar a comunidades vulnerables...
Cuando era una niña creciendo en San José, California, Marta Segura escuchó de sus padres historias horribles sobre mujeres que se desmayaban en las fábricas y hombres que sufrían de insolación en los...
View ArticleAfter Election Win, California’s AG Turns to Investigating Hospital...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Attorney General Rob Bonta sailed to victory in the Nov. 8 election, riding his progressive record on reproductive rights, gun control, and social justice reform. As he...
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The Nation’s Health Secretary Has This Doctor on Call
SACRAMENTO — Carolina Reyes, a Harvard-trained physician who specializes in high-risk pregnancies, got into medicine to help women obtain health care, especially underserved or marginalized people who...
View ArticleMichael Milken Wants to Speed Up Cures
Years ago, a top chemical biologist pondered ditching his cancer research to take a more lucrative commission growing healthier apples. Michael Milken stopped him. “I told him we could probably eat...
View ArticleRising Complaints of Unauthorized Obamacare Plan-Switching and Sign-Ups...
Federal and state regulators aren’t doing enough to stop the growing problem of rogue health insurance brokers making unauthorized policy switches for Affordable Care Act policyholders, say consumers,...
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California Health Care Pioneer Goes National, Girds for Partisan Skirmishes
SACRAMENTO — When then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called for nearly all Californians to buy health insurance or face a penalty, Anthony Wright slammed the 2007 proposal as “unwarranted, unworkable,...
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