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Ever tried to get a firm price tag before going to the doctor or the hospital? Good luck. Historically, the search for healthcare prices has been an exercise in futility.
Healthcare Watch: Preparing for the price of Alzheimer's disease
For seniors and their families, Alzheimer's disease and its hefty price tag are an increasingly scary prospect.
Call for screening of healthcare enrollers meets resistance
State officials say they need 20,000 people for the job of signing up millions of Californians for health insurance in the coming months,...
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A nonprofit group that delivers services to people with HIV and AIDS wants voters to force the city of Los Angeles to create its own...
Democrats, Brown at odds over healthcare act
SACRAMENTO — As Democratic lawmakers speed to implement President Obama's healthcare overhaul in California, they are finding...
Covered California's plan to partner with Wal-Mart is criticized
California officials face mounting criticism from union leaders over plans to let retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. enroll shoppers in...
Blue Shield and Aetna to raise healthcare rates over state objections
Despite objections from regulators, health insurers Blue Shield of California and Aetna Inc. are proceeding with double-digit rate increases...
Republicans revisit Medicare reform to cut spending
WASHINGTON — Fired up as once-unimaginable spending cuts start to slice the federal budget, Republicans are launching a new phase in...
'Sequester' cuts to hit healthcare hard
WASHINGTON — As the Obama administration begins to implement $85 billion in cuts to federal spending this year, no part of the...
Healthcare overhaul may threaten California's safety net
Millions of uninsured Californians will gain medical coverage under the national healthcare overhaul beginning in January, but Guadalupe...
Coordinated healthcare could save California $110 billion, group says
California could cut $110 billion in healthcare spending over the next decade, saving the average household $800 a year, by quickly moving...
Brown may forge alliance with GOP governors on health plan
SACRAMENTO — When Gov. Jerry Brown meets with the nation's other governors this weekend in Washington, D.C., he will find common...
CalPERS plans 85% rate hike for long-term-care insurance
Dailey Mayo received some stunning news in the mail last week: an 85% rate increase for the long-term-care insurance he has had for 15 years...
Health insurance rate-setting map would raise costs, official says
A proposal to split California into six zones for setting health insurance rates would drive premiums up as much as 23% for some...
States worry about rate shock during shift to new health law
WASHINGTON — Less than a year before Americans will be required to have insurance under President Obama's healthcare law, many of...
Anthem Blue Cross rolls back rate increase
In response to pressure from California regulators, Anthem Blue Cross agreed to a slightly lower rate increase for about 630,000...
New WellPoint CEO gets cool reception on Wall Street
Investors didn't give a warm welcome to the incoming chief executive of health insurance giant WellPoint Inc.
California reveals details of health-law insurance plans
Consumers are getting their first glimpse at what health insurance will look like in California as the state prepares to implement the...
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