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Medicare Patients Allegedly Given Needless Artery Procedures and Hospice Care in Nearly $2 Billion Los Angeles Fraud Takedown

Federal prosecutors charged 15 people in six alleged Los Angeles-area health care fraud schemes involving nearly $2 billion in insurance claims, including cases affecting Medicare, Medi-Cal and hospice patients.

Medical Daily · Oct 29

In Medicaid-Dependent Central Valley, Cuts Pose Political Risk for Six-Term Congressman

Rep. David Valadao voted to slash Medicaid, giving Democratic challenger Randy Villegas an opening as voters focus on affordability and health care access.

Capital & Main · Oct 23

Cutting Medicaid Adult Dental Benefits Would Save States Only 20 to 50 Cents for Every Dollar Cut

States that cut adult Medicaid dental care keep only 20 to 50 cents per dollar because federal funds pay most costs, Harvard researchers report in JAMA Health Forum.

Medical Daily · Oct 19

Two Children of Vietnamese Refugees Face Off in California Congressional Race

Both grew up on public assistance. Now they are divided over Trump’s

Capital & Main · Oct 14

Want vulnerable Californians to have healthier pregnancies? Doulas say the state must pay up

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — This was supposed to be the year that low-income Californians could hire a doula to guide them through pregnancy and advocate for them in the hospital.

Tribune News Service · Mar 18, 2022

Millions in California will lose health care coverage if pandemic's stopgap measures expire

Millions of Californians face the prospect of losing health coverage this year as federal measures that vastly expanded the ranks of the insured amid the COVID-19 pandemic are set to expire this year.

Tribune News Service · Mar 8, 2022

'I don't have a life': Parents struggle to get home nurses for medically fragile kids

LOS ANGELES — To make sure her 3-year-old daughter survived the night on her ventilator, Amber Suarez stayed awake for four hours, then woke up her husband to watch Mia for another four hours as the girl dozed.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 8, 2022

Newsom administration draws fire over no-bid Kaiser Permanente contract

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California would hand Kaiser Permanente a no-bid statewide contract to serve Medi-Cal enrollees under a deal struck behind closed doors by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration, raising questions among other health care plans about the preferential treatment of a generous supporter of the governor.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 5, 2022

George Skelton: Single-payer health care in California is out of reach. Universal health care is a better bet

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After all the scuffling over single-payer health care legislation, the author mercifully killed the bill himself. It was smart — the only possible move that made sense.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 3, 2022