LA Times: Garcetti wins race for L.A. mayor; Greuel concedes
By Seema Mehta and Laura J. NelsonMay 22, 2013, 3:27 a.m. Wendy Greuel called Eric Garcetti early Wednesday morning to concede the mayoral election, a Greuel campaign source told The Times, ending a two-year campaign to determine Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa‘s successor and the new political leader of Los Angeles. Garcetti will be the first elected Jewish mayor of the city. … Read more
SacBee: California Legislature welcomes largest freshman class since 1966
By Jim Sanders jsanders@sacbee.com Published: Monday, Dec. 3, 2012 – 12:00 am | Page 1A Last Modified: Monday, Dec. 3, 2012 – 10:12 am Democrat Jim Frazier’s swearing-in as an assemblyman today will climax a 12-year journey in politics that began with the death of his 20-year-old daughter in a head-on traffic accident. “It’s been a … Read more
California Healthline: California Moves Forward With Exchange Following Election
On Wednesday, California officials disclosed plans to spend nearly $90 million next year on marketing and outreach efforts for the state health benefit exchange, the Los Angeles Times reports. Observers say that the move is in response to the re-election of President Obama. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney — Obama’s GOP challenger in the election — had vowed … Read more
NY Times: Back to Work, Obama Is Greeted by Looming Crisis
By JACKIE CALMES and PETER BAKER Published: November 7, 2012 Newly re-elected, President Obama moved quickly on Wednesday to open negotiations with Congressional Republican leaders over the main unfinished business of his term — a major deficit-reduction deal to avert a looming fiscal crisis — as he began preparing for a second term that will include significant cabinet changes. Mr. … Read more
NY Times: Democrats Use Health Law to Assail Republicans
By ROBERT PEAR Published: October 18, 2012 WASHINGTON — A little-noticed provision of the new health care law is causing big headaches for some members of Congress in this year’s elections. And it is likely to cause even bigger headaches for lawmakers next year. he provision, written into the law at the behest of a Republican senator, says … Read more
California Healthline: Local, National Reforms Both Needed, Policy Leaders Told
by George Lauer (Guest Contributor) BALTIMORE — Although their approaches may appear to be at odds with each other at the onset, a top federal bureaucrat and a national business leader assured health policy leaders Wednesday that government and commercial interests can work together effectively to reform the country’s health care system. “We’ll figure it … Read more
California Healthline – Obama, Romney Health Care Differences Detailed in Study
by Steve Hart (Guest Contributor) Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney would dismantle most of the federal Affordable Care Act and make sweeping changes to Medicare and Medicaid, according to a study released Wednesday by UCLA’s Center for Health Policy Research. The side-by-side analysis of health care proposals in the 2012 presidential contest found stark policy … Read more
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California Healthline: Poll Finds More Support for GOP Medicare Plan Among Younger Voters
Public polls in recent months have shown that most U.S. residents generally do not favor a GOP proposal to overhaul Medicare, but a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that younger voters are more receptive to the plan than older voters, Kaiser Health News reports (Rau, Kaiser Health News, 9/27). The telephone survey of 1,534 adults was conducted between Sept. … Read more
CaliforniaHealthline: GOP’s Official Platform Includes Changes to Medicare, Medicaid
On Tuesday, the Republican Party released its official platform, which includes Medicare and Medicaid proposals similar to those in House Budget Committee Chair and vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) budget plan, The Hill‘s “Healthwatch” reports. Platform Details Specifically, the platform states that the GOP would change Medicare into a partially privatized system, giving seniors the option … Read more
