We Care for California coalition introduces legislation to increase Medi-Cal rates to Medicare levelsSenate Health Committee Chair Ed Hernandez and Assembly Health Committee Chair Rob Bonta joined health care providers, medical students, patients and advocates on the steps of the Capitol last week to introduce AB 366 and SB 243, legislation that would not only…

SGR fix carries $174.5B price tag, CBO says Written by Ayla Ellison Twitte Replacing Medicares sustainable growth rate formula, as proposed in bipartisan legislation last year, would cost $174.5 billion from fiscal year 2015 to fiscal 2025, according to a Congressional Budget Office report.Through the two identical pieces of legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate…

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