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The state is deciding how to spend a newly approved bond with specific allocations for “park poor” neighborhoods. Advocates say this could be key to improving health outcomes for low-income families.

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Audit: California Paid $4B In Questionable Medi-Cal Claims

October 30, 2018

From 2014 through 2017, more than 450,000 people marked as eligible for Medi-Cal in the state's system were listed as ineligible in county systems, the California auditor's office said. Half of those discrepancies persisted for more than two years.

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Dialysis Companies Spend $111 Million To Kill Prop. 8

October 26, 2018

A $5 million donation from this week from dialysis provider Fresenius Medical Care pushed the anti-Proposition 8 campaign's total past the $109 million pharmaceutical companies spent two years ago to defeat a measure limiting prescription drug costs.

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University Of The Pacific Hosts Clinics To Help Patients With Medicare Open Enrollment

October 23, 2018 | Cody Drabble

The University of the Pacific is hosting 13 public events with their Mobile Medicare Clinics outreach program to help patients pick the right drug plan during the 2018 open enrollment period.

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Thousands Of Employees Strike At UC Hospitals

October 22, 2018 | Steve Milne

Thousands of University of California medical workers are walking off the job in a contract dispute that has prompted rescheduling of surgeries and thousands of outpatient appointments. The three-day strike begins Tuesday.

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Trade Commission Blocks Two Unapproved Stem Cell Clinics In California, But Experts Say There Are Many More

October 22, 2018 | Sammy Caiola

There’s a growing black market for unapproved stem cell treatments.The federal government is cracking down, starting with two California clinics.

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Proposition 4 Could Boost Funding For California Children’s Hospitals

October 18, 2018 | Sammy Caiola

If Proposition 4 passes, $1.5 billion in state bonds would help hospitals make beds seismically compliant, redesign neonatal units and purchase new equipment.

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Dialysis Industry Raises $99 Million To Defeat California’s Prop 8

October 15, 2018 | Chris Nichols

Have you seen, heard or read a Prop 8 ad? They’re hard to miss. The proposition dealing with kidney dialysis centers is the most expensive one on the November ballot. So who’s spending the money and why?

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Why Proposition 8 Is One Of The Most Contentious, And Confusing, Ballot Measures In Play

October 12, 2018 | Sammy Caiola

Californians will vote in November on Proposition 8, which would regulate dialysis clinic spending. It’s a move that could either improve patient conditions or degrade them, depending on who you ask.

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