Proposed California Medicaid Changes Could Drive Up Health Insurance Premiums, Report Finds

Stricter Medi-Cal eligibility rules proposed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) would result in higher health insurance premiums for insured Californians because physicians and hospitals would shift the costs of treating more uninsured patients, according to a new study commissioned by Health Access California, the Sacramento Bee reports. Medi-Cal is the state’s Medicaid program (Rojas, Sacramento [...]

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Health And Wellness News

A health insurance advocate group, Florida Health Insurance Web, reports more bad news for Florida residents. Florida has hit a new low, ranked close to the bottom of a new national survey on healthcare; just a spot above Oklahoma. The first-ever state-by-state health system report focused on children’s health care and finds Florida’s kids have [...]

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