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Health Connector expects appeals to triple
- State health care regulators say they expect the number of people who appeal penalties for failing to have mandated health care coverage to triple in the next year.
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.
Health service center for immigrants opens
- Navigating an HMO policy can be difficult especially for new citizens or immigrants who have a limited ability to understand a care agreement.
Health center for immigrants opens
- If you think navigating your company’s HMO policy is a hurdle to good health care, imagine being a new citizen or an immigrant without coverage or with limited ability to understand a care agreement.
GBMC, Hopkins Medicine team up
- Two medical institutions are better than one. In a move designed to enhance access for patients in Baltimore and northern Maryland counties to a range of clinical specialty programs, Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Greater Baltimore Medical Center on Friday officially joined forces.