FROM THE FOUNDATION

Big Business, Little Data

A growing number of Californians are being sent to ambulatory surgery centers for a wide variety of procedures, yet little is known about the care they deliver because reporting is not required.

And the Winner Is...

See how human-centered designers answered our challenge to encourage more people to complete advance directives and document their end-of-life wishes.

Ready or Not

Even with new federal resources to help, a study finds that communities with weaker safety-net systems are lagging in preparations for health reform.

Insurance and Uninsured

Friday, August 24, 2012

Insurance Regulation Measure Qualifies for Nov. 2014 Ballot

An initiative -- sponsored by Consumer Watchdog -- that would give the state insurance commissioner the authority to approve or reject health insurance rate changes has qualified for the November 2014 ballot. Proponents of the measure had sought to qualify the initiative for this year's ballot, but election officials were unable to validate enough signatures by the June deadline.



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