Annie Sciacca News Today

Patient advocates have long alleged the Medical Board of California is ineffective at policing doctors. But a proposal to beef up its budget and overhaul procedures faces stiff resistance from the doctors lobby.

A bill would significantly increase fees doctors pay to fund the board, which says it hasn’t had the budget to carry out its mission properly.

A bill would significantly increase fees doctors pay to fund the board, which says it hasn’t had the budget to carry out its mission properly.

A bill would significantly increase fees doctors pay to fund the board, which says it hasn’t had the budget to carry out its mission properly.

A state Senate bill would extend workers’ compensation coverage of post-traumatic stress injuries for firefighters and police officers. But a separate bill to cover paramedics and EMTs is unlikely to be heard.

Many Black patients also try to be informed and minimize questions to put providers at ease. “The system looks at us differently,” says the founder of the African American Wellness Project.

The public universitys health system is renewing contracts with outside hospitals and clinics even as some doctors and faculty say clearer language is needed to protect physicians performing abortions and gender-affirming treatments.

The public university’s health system is renewing contracts with outside hospitals and clinics even as some doctors and faculty say clearer language is needed to protect physicians performing abortions and gender-affirming procedures.

Workers who lose employer-based health coverage during a strike or lockout will have access to a full-subsidy plan through Covered California.

Education has proved to be one of the thorniest issues of the pandemic.