They can leave patients with crippling medical bills. Why are high-deductible insurance plans becoming so popular with employers?
California tries to address dangerous work conditions, low pay and staff turnover in its care facilities.
More than a ground-breaking Dodger star, Jackie Robinson had a radical side, too.
A state secret comes into the open: how inflation targets the poor.
Exploring income inequality in the land of milk and money.
Two years on, with mandates lifting, what’s changed about COVID — and what hasn’t.
In a moment of genuine emergency like the pandemic, any improvement in health care access is welcome.
California health care workers feel worn out, denied the staffing and support that would let them do what they do best.
The California surplus is available to some, but for 61 local public health department workers there’s little but tough love.
Taking care of California means taking care of those with disabilities and comorbidities.
Gov. Newsom calibrates the right time for schools to drop the mask mandate.
The sweetheart deal cut with the largest managed-care organization in California may have some messy implications.
Promising new legislation to keep California workers safe would leave many uncovered.
A new state bill seeks to find out what we don’t know about the jobs we want to have.
In a time of pandemic and with its healthcare system in pieces, a bold Assembly bill shows California moving forward.
An ‘onslaught' of school protest aims to do what California’s government has struggled to achieve: keep students safe.
New state protocols allow health care workers who test positive but are asymptomatic to immediately return to work.
They understand the need to extend sick leave. They have the money. Do they have the will?
As the California governor heads into re-election mode, we examine his progress (or lack thereof) in several healthcare categories.
Just because medical institutions see another surge coming doesn't mean they're equipped to handle it.