Weekly Edition: July 29, 2022

This week's top stories cover the youth mental health crisis, inaccurate provider directories, and insulin costs.

Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here. Not a subscriber? Sign up   WEEKLY Edition A service of the California Health Care Foundation Friday, July 29, 2022 Check California Healthline online for the latest news Full Covid Coverage: Get California Healthline's Latest Coronavirus Stories Citing a Mental Health Crisis Among Young People, California Lawmakers Target Social Media By Zinnia Finn Legislators are considering two bills that address online addiction among children by taking aim at website features such as push notifications and targeted posts. But Big Tech is fighting the effort, saying companies are already taking steps to protect children. Even Well-Intended Laws Can't Protect Us From Inaccurate Provider Directories By Bernard J. Wolfson State and federal laws require health plans to offer accurate lists of participating doctors and facilities, but consumers still struggle to get timely appointments with providers. Listen: Can California Lower the Price of Insulin? California Healthline senior correspondent Angela Hart describes California's ambitious plan to manufacture generic insulin under the state's new "CalRx" drug label. California Healthline is an editorially independent service of the California Health Care Foundation. It is produced by KHN (Kaiser Health News), a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Together with Policy Analysis and Polling, KHN is one of the three major operating programs at KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation). KFF is an endowed nonprofit organization providing information on health issues to the nation. (c) 2022 Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved. Follow us on Twitter | Facebook You are subscribed to this email alert as albarkahslamet.ssss@blogger.com. Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive. Or, permanently unsubscribe from all emails. If you need help or have questions, please send an email to subscriptions@californiahealthline.org Please do not reply to this email as this address is not monitored.   California Health Care Foundation | 1438 Webster Street | Oakland, CA 94612