Listen: California Positions Itself as an Abortion Sanctuary State
California lawmakers are considering 13 bills designed to expand access to abortion and welcome women from states where abortion is being banned or restricted.
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California lawmakers are considering 13 bills designed to expand access to abortion and welcome women from states where abortion is being banned or restricted.
Starting in less than two years, if state hospitals haven't met targets for safety and quality, they'll risk being excluded from the "in-network" designation of health plans sold on the state's insurance exchange.
Most veterans who commit suicide do so with a gun, but most therapists don't understand gun culture. A veteran who has struggled with depression himself now helps bridge that gap by educating mental health professionals.
Michael Weinstein of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation says he is promoting condoms where others have forgotten them.
Billing data show that some doctors charge the government much more than their peers in the same specialty by deeming almost all office visits "complex."
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