The massive, bomb-cyclone-fueled storm set to unleash on California today illuminates some of the underlying climate issues confronting state lawmakers, who return to Sacramento today to recommence the 2023 legislative session.
with five health plans — a move that will likely allow more Medi-Cal patients to keep their current insurer and doctors. But it also allows California to avoid protracted legal battles with insurers who didn’t win contracts after the state’s first-ever competitive bidding process, intended to result in higher standards and better patient care.
, the sudden course change raises questions about insurance companies’ ability to influence state action with legal threats. Anthony Wright, executive director of the consumer advocacy group Health Access, said he’d like the health care services department to make clear that it won’t back away from the competitive bidding process in the future, as he considers it a key accountability tool.
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