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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.

Health Care Costs

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

One-Third of State Workers Set To Pay More for Pensions

A pension reform bill (AB 340) approved by the Legislature would increase by 1% to 3% over the next two years the amount about one-third of state worker pay toward their pensions. The increase would apply to state workers who are not already paying half the "normal" cost of their pensions, a new standard set by the legislation. Gov. Jerry Brown (D) is expected to sign the bill into law.



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