Earlier this year, the New England Journal of Medicine named Oklahoma as the state that will have the worst access to health care when Medicaid expands in 2014.
Too many colonoscopies, budget deficits bog down California's health reform rollout and a rare case of bubonic plague, plus more from our Daily Briefing.
In one year, 477 people in San Francisco, most of them homeless, used $20 million worth of urgent/emergency services — an average of $42,067 each — and taxpayers paid the bill. Knowing who they are is the first step towards treating their illnesses, injuries, and addictions.
Budget cuts to senior day care programs means many will be forced into expensive nursing homes. Plus more from our Daily Briefing
New community health laws proposed in California, noisy health care is bad for patients, no fast-track Supreme Court decision on health reform, plus more from our Daily Briefing.
Why are part-time elected officials in California getting such expensive full-time health benefits? Answers and more in our Daily Briefing.
The charade perpetrated by William Hamman, the United Airlines pilot who had a second, lucrative career as a fake cardiologist, is starting to have consequences.
Why are doctors asking patients to sign a contract before prescribing painkillers? Answers and more in our Daily Briefing.
Japan's radiation may have reached California shores, but experts say your health won't be affected. Plus more from our Daily Briefing.
The San Francisco Public Press, a startup news organization doing public-affairs reporting in the Bay Area, is producing an in-depth explanatory project examining the track record of a city-sponsored health care program called Healthy San Francisco.
