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Many newly insured still flock to ERs
- Even though thousands more Massachusetts residents now have health insurance under the state's health care mandate, they are still seeking care at hospital emergency rooms.
Mass. asking companies to pay more insurance costs
- Massachusetts officials announced new health care regulations Wednesday designed to ramp up pressure on companies that don't help cover insurance costs for large portions of their workers.
County, state payments overdue to hospital system
- Prince George’s County and Maryland officials are behind on their first $2.8 million payment to the county’s beleaguered hospital system, despite state law that required each to pay up by July 1.
Residents, health professionals press D.C. Council to back universal health insurance
- Health professionals and District residents on Friday urged the D.C. Council to back proposed legislation that would ensure all D.C. residents have health insurance.
County health care changes approved
- San Mateo County supervisors on Tuesday accepted a plan to improve the county’s health care system during the next 12 months. The Health System Redesign Initiative implementation plan maps out specific goals to make health care on the Peninsula more effective, reasonably priced and inclusive of vulnerable citizens. The plan follows up a strategic report accepted last month by supervisors outlining ways hospitals, insurance plans and county officials could work more efficiently together.
Medical center faces tough choices
- San Mateo County’s public hospital says it will have to start turning some patients away in an attempt to fill a $5 million budget hole.
- San Mateo County’s public hospital says it will have to start turning some patients away in an attempt to fill a $5 million budget hole.
New psychiatric care center to fill a need
- A psychiatric care center planned in the South of Market area will be the first in The City to combine 24-hour crisis residential treatment with drop-in and outpatient services for patients needing urgent care.
- A psychiatric care center planned in the South of Market area will be the first in The City to combine 24-hour crisis residential treatment with drop-in and outpatient services for patients needing urgent care.
Crowd fights health care cuts
- With more than $33 million in budget cuts proposed for The City’s Department of Public Health, a crowd packed a City Hall meeting room Tuesday, spilling into the hallway to lobby for local health services and programs on the chopping block.
- With more than $33 million in budget cuts proposed for The City’s Department of Public Health, a crowd packed a City Hall meeting room Tuesday, spilling into the hallway to lobby for local health services and programs on the chopping block.
Clinic for injured city employees is on verge of closure
- Dire budget estimates threaten a health clinic for city employees at San Francisco General Hospital, but an effort is planned to keep it open.
Court delays decision on S.F. health plan funding
- A federal appeals court panel heard arguments in Pasadena on Thursday morning on a disputed funding measure in San Francisco’s pioneering health care program but made no immediate decision, according to city attorneys.
Restaurant group opposes S.F. bid to reinstate health plan
- A restaurant owners’ group urged a federal appeals court Monday to reject the city of San Francisco’s emergency appeal for reinstatement of a key element of its pioneering health plan.
S.F. seeks emergency stay reinstating health spending
- The city of San Francisco filed an emergency bid with a federal appeals court Thursday for a stay of a ruling that struck down an employer spending mandate in the city’s pioneering health care plan.
