SACRAMENTO — Californians now have a clearer picture of what health insurance will look like when major provisions of the federal health care law debut in 2014. Acupuncture to treat pain and nausea will be covered, for example, as will tobacco cessation and vision screening. But the jury’s still out on chiropractic care Continue reading
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State heeds county woes
Cash-strapped California is aggressively moving its poorest residents to managed health care, whether they’re seniors, rural residents or people with disabilities. So, when Gov. Jerry Brown proposed earlier this year to transfer the nearly 900,000 poor children in the Healthy Families insurance program into Medi-Cal, he saw it as another opportunity to reduce costs by expanding dental managed care Continue reading