Changes To Health Care Law Could Cost California Woman Her Life
For one Northern California woman, changes to the health care law could mean the difference between life and death.
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For one Northern California woman, changes to the health care law could mean the difference between life and death.
If you overdose, there is a drug that can save your life. But, as Andria Borba reports, it comes at an increasing cost.
Gov. Jerry Brown is promising in his annual State of the State address to defend California's laws on immigration, health care and the environment in the face of the Trump administration.
The cost of computerizing the system has ballooned from the original $182 million projection to $386.5 million in three years.
Hillary Clinton made stops in San Jose and San Francisco Thursday, rallying supporters for her campaign to be the Democratic presidential nominee.
State auditors are concerned about the long-term financing of Covered California once federal money goes away later this year, but the state agency that administers Obamacare believes it is on solid footing.
Dozens gathered at the National AIDS Memorial Grove nestled in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park Tuesday to remember friends and loved ones who have died of the disease.
A newly-approved drug being hailed as a major advance in treatment of cystic fibrosis comes with a punishing price tag: about $710 per patient per day.
Jill Schlesinger has tips on unique jobs in the health care industry.
More than 400 children and adults are participating in U.S. government-funded international research to find out whether insulin capsules can prevent or delay Type 1 diabetes.
Aetna will spend about $35 billion to buy rival Humana and become the latest health insurer bulking up on government business as the industry adjusts to the federal health care overhaul.
In a historic moment Thursday, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld Obamacare subsidies in a 6-3 decision.
Learn how the Affordable Healthcare Act, and whether or not you have insurance, will impact the way you do taxes this year.
Apple is agreeing to hire many of its security guards as full-time employees, giving them many of the same benefits that other Apple workers enjoy, like health insurance and retirement benefits.
UCSF Mission Bay hospital staff are polishing their skills on the newest and most attractive magnetic resonance imaging machines (MRI) in the country in an effort to make it easier for young patients to stay still during an intimidating procedure.
Covered California officials say the first weekend of open enrollment for the second round of state subsidized health insurance was busy, but some shoppers found out, not all the bugs have been worked out with the website.
Across the Bay Area and around the country, hundreds of thousands of people began signing up for health care, as day one of the second open enrollment cycle under the Affordable Care Act got underway.
Residents who want health insurance through Covered California can start signing up for the service on Saturday, San Mateo County officials said Thursday.
Revised guidance for health care workers treating Ebola patients will include using protective gear "with no skin showing," a top federal health official said.
Amid questions and concerns over the recent cases of the Ebola virus in the United States, KPIX 5 talked to an expert on infectious diseases at University of California at San Francisco.
Even people with health insurance can still rack up significant medical debt, particularly if they get a serious illness. Now, a new service from Nerdwallet is helping steer individuals with outstanding medical debt to medical billing experts, who can help reduce those bills.
Some 10,000 Anthem Blue Cross members are no longer covered at Stanford Health Care Hospital because of a contract dispute the where the hospital abruptly cancelled the Anthem's contract.
The state legislature is wrapping up its summer business next week and a consumer group is pushing hard for passage of four bills dealing with Covered California, with hopes of cutting down out-of-pocket costs.
A coalition of 13 of Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District workers' unions has unanimously voted to authorize a strike, though no date has been announced as both sides continue talks.
France, the number one tourist destination in the world for its gastronomic pleasures, beautiful chateaux and sites such as the Eiffel Tower, is also getting a huge influx of tourists for another reason these days – to save a ton of money on their medical bills.
