Weekly Edition: Friday, Feb. 21, 2025

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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, February 21, 2025 Check California Healthline online for the latest news Deny and Delay? California Seeks Penalties for Insurers That Repeatedly Get It Wrong By Christine Mai-Duc A state lawmaker wants health insurers to disclose denial rates and explain those denials as anger grows over rising costs and uncovered medical care. If the bill is signed into law, health experts say, it could be one of the boldest attempts in the nation to rein in denials. Republicans Are Eyeing Cuts to Medicaid. What's Medicaid, Again? By Renuka Rayasam and Sam Whitehead Republicans in Congress have suggested big cuts to Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for people with low incomes or disabilities. The complex, multifaceted program touches millions of Americans and has become deeply woven into state budgets and the U.S. health care system. California Healthline is an editorially independent service of the California Health Care Foundation. It is produced by KFF Health News, a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF — the independent source for health policy research, polling, and journalism. (c) 2025 KFF. 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