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Disagreement Over Charity Contributions Simmers in Blue Shield’s Care1st Deal

by George Lauer, California Healthline Features Editor The moral of the story about a disagreement over what Blue Shield of California is expected to do in return for approval to enter the Medi-Cal managed care market appears to be “pay close attention to how things are worded.” Consumer advocates and state officials thought the agreement this… Continue reading Disagreement Over Charity Contributions Simmers in Blue Shield’s Care1st Deal

Aimee Sharp
California Healthline

Five Years of California Health Reform: ‘A Tremendous Designed Experiment’

By David Gorn for California Healthline Sacramento Bureau Nadereh Pourat, director of research at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, gives an involuntary gasp when she’s asked where California’s health care system would be without the reforms and changes of the past five years. “It’s not fathomable,” Pourat said. “I don’t know where we… Continue reading Five Years of California Health Reform: ‘A Tremendous Designed Experiment’

Aimee Sharp