Medi-Cal Archives

Sacramento Mayor Proposes Spreading the Homeless Throughout the City

August 5, 2021 8:37 amAugust 7, 2021 7:41 am

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, the Sacramento City Council and City Manager gave themselves big raises in May, as crime spiked in the city, as the drug-addicted homeless multiplied, while the city was still in the red tier of the Governor’s...

Protect Californians from End-of-Life Suffering, Neurosurgeon Says

July 28, 2021 2:12 amAugust 3, 2021 1:29 pm

When confronted with terminal illness, many worry about pain, loss of control, and being a burden to their family. While palliative care already lightens these burdens, California passed the End of Life Options Act (EOLA) in 2016, permitting terminal patients...

Sen. Eggman’s Legislation Removing Safeguards in California Assisted Suicide Law

July 6, 2021 12:33 pmJuly 6, 2021 12:33 pm

In 2015 when the California Legislature eventually passed AB2X-15, a controversial physician assisted suicide bill, many in opposition argued that passage of legalized physician-assisted suicide would provide perverse incentives for insurance carriers to choose the cheapest, quick fix option –...

Proposed Amendments to California Assisted Suicide Law Makes Accessing it Easier

April 12, 2021 4:32 pmApril 12, 2021 5:41 pm

“When it comes to carrying out the death penalty for convicted murders, the California Legislature finds the lethal drug cocktails ‘cruel and unusual punishment,’ which they say is a violation of the Eighth Amendment. Yet lawmakers were more than willing...

State Auditor Releases Scathing Audit of the Failure to Mitigate Homelessness in California

February 18, 2021 12:43 pmFebruary 19, 2021 10:23 am

California State Auditor Elaine Howle recently released a rather scathing audit of the management or mismanagement of Homelessness in California. She said that the state continues to have the largest homeless population in the nation “likely in part because its...

CA Legislature Creating an ‘Office of Healthcare Affordability:’ What Could Go Wrong?

February 9, 2021 1:01 pmFebruary 11, 2021 9:37 am

The California Legislature has a proposal to create an Office of Healthcare Affordability. Sounding Orwellian, while a new agency focused on making healthcare more affordable may be just what the doctor ordered, this proposal creates a massive new bureaucracy and...

Spokeswoman for Sacramento Mayor Calls Protesters ‘Terrorists’ For Protesting Mayor’s Home Over Homeless

February 8, 2021 1:52 pmFebruary 8, 2021 2:00 pm

Apparently, the only activists and protesters who the media will label “terrorists,” “anarchists,” and “left wing” these days are those “who have been vocal critics of the city’s leadership.” Last summer, as celebrities, professional athletes, corporate America, media figures, ethnic...