by Sylvia Moore | Jan 14, 2013 | News
Healthcare crisis: not enough specialists for the poor By Anna Gorman Los Angeles Times, December 15, 2012 By the end of the decade, the nation will be short more than 46,000 surgeons and specialists, a nearly tenfold increase from 2010, according to the Assn. of...
by Sylvia Moore | Dec 20, 2012 | News
Court ruling could cut California spending on Medi-Cal By Maura Dolan and Chris Megerian Los Angeles Times, December 13, 2012 A federal appeals court decided unanimously Thursday that California may cut reimbursements to doctors, pharmacies and others who serve the...
by Andrew McGuire | Jul 29, 2011 | News
In the middle of September 2001, just after 9/11, my wife lost her job at Medtronic in Santa Rosa, California. Medtronic makes medical devices like stents and catheters, but the company at that time moved its production line work to India. My wife lost her medical...
by Sylvia Moore | Mar 30, 2011 | News
Gov. Jerry Brown’s first whack at California’s $26.6 billion budget deficit is going to hit low-income Californians hard, especially those who rely on the state to get health care. Last week, Brown signed a bill reducing the state’s deficit by $11.2...
by Andrew McGuire | Jan 14, 2011 | News
Brown Unveils Budget Plan With Extensive Spending Reductions California Healthline January 11, 2011 (Gov. Jerry) Brown’s proposed budget would reduce spending by about $135.7 million by enacting changes to Healthy Families, California’s Children’s...