By Marty Omoto California Disability Community Action Network
The Brown Administration announced yesterday that it will implement short-term payment delays of about 2 weeks to Medi-Cal institutional providers including long term care facilities, adult …
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Brown Administration Will Implement Short-Term Delay In Medi-Cal Payments For Month of March
Making Progress on Children’s Health Coverage; More Work To Do
By Mike OdehChildren Now
In one of his first acts in office three years ago this week, President Obama signed the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) of 2009. Because of CHIPRA, millions of low-income children were able t…
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Parity Bill Advances to Assembly Floor
By Marty Omoto
Legislation that would significantly increase coverage for mental health and substance abuse treatments that private health insurers and managed health care plans are currently required to provide under state and federal mental health p…
Cuts Force State To Fall Short of Health Care Mandate
By Hardy Hayes
California receives billions of dollars each year through the federal Medicaid program to administer government-subsidized health care called Medi-Cal. To do so, it is governed by a simple legal mandate: Health care services must be acce…
Fighting for Relief for Californians in Pain
By Assemblymember Jared Huffman
An Iraq war veteran suffering with chronic pain. A mother with fibromyalgia. A teenager with Lupus. The US Pain Foundation this week brings its traveling photo exhibit, The INvisible Project, to the Capitol in Sacrament…
Governor Services Proposes State Budget With More Ugly Cuts to Health & Human Services
By Anthony Wright Health Access
Governor Jerry Brown announced a 2012-13 California state budget, with $10.3 billion in additional cuts and revenues to address the ongoing deficit.
The majority of the $4.2 billion in proposed cuts are to health and hum…
