Ana B. Ibarra
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- Sep 28, 2026
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Healthcare plans (opens the original)
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The candidates: Democrat Xavier Becerra says he wants everyone to be insured, but hasn’t spelled out how he’d pay for it. Republican Steve Hilton wants to overhaul the system, but can’t say how much it’ll cost or save consumers and the state. Why it matters: The stakes are urgent. California workers pay some of the highest premiums in the country, and many will see another spike during this fall’s open enrollment. Meanwhile millions of people who get free and low-cost care through Medi-Cal are e
What Will California’s Next Governor Do About Healthcare? Here Are Becerra and Hilton’s Plans (opens the original)
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« Other States Are Rolling Out Free Childcare for All Families. Why Not California? Local Research on Culled Barred Owls Shows That Bans on the Nastiest of Rodenticides are Working » This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Angela Chang says the sticker shock never gets easier. Clients call her Southern California health insurance brokerage in disbelief, asking how much their insurance costs will jump again. A hospital bill would hurt far worse, she tells
California’s healthcare affordability office claims power to punish overspending hospitals (opens the original)
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This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Year after year, Californians watch their health bills increase faster than their wages — for some, to the point where care becomes unaffordable. Four years ago, the state created an office to curb that trend. Now, the California Office of Health Care Affordability is gaining new power to control costs. Its board last week adopted penalties for hospitals, physician groups and insurers that exceed state spending cap
As AI ‘Therapists’ Dish Out Advice, California Lawmakers Try to Set Some Limits (opens the original)
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« Why Truckers Always Seem to Be on the Phone While They Drive on the Highway German Offshore Wind Developer Sells its Humboldt County Lease Back to the Trump Administration, Promises to Develop Natural Gas in the United States Instead » Illustration by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters. This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In the matter of a few clicks and keystrokes, anyone can find themselves deep in conversation with “Psychologist,” a chatbot chara
Kaiser used an algorithm — not clinicians — to triage mental health patients, union alleges (opens the original)
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This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A health worker union has accused Kaiser Permanente of screening patients and making care recommendations through “a digital, automated algorithm” without clinician oversight — a practice the union says violates state law. The complaint, filed with state regulators by the National Union of Healthcare Workers, targets the integrated healthcare provider’s e-visit screening tool, which evaluates patients who think the
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