Image by Natali_Mis. OPINION – Diabetes isn’t just a growing national concern – it’s a crisis in California. Too often, discussions about this alarming trend focus solely on medical treatments, lifestyle changes, or the rising use of GLP-1 medications. But there’s a critical part of the diabetes story we’re overlooking: oral health.
Image by PIKSEL. OPINION – Older adults are the fastest-growing demographic in the state, especially in rural areas, where one in 11 Californians are ages 65+. This rapid growth represents an opportunity to build a California where aging is not a challenge to solve, but an opportunity to ensure all Californians can age at home and in community
Image by peakSTOCK.OPINION – With the looming federal changes to Medi-Cal eligibility and projected loss of reimbursement, healthcare organizations in California are scrambling to prepare and looking for ways to save on healthcare costs. Palliative care may help do just that.
Image by Diy13.When voters approved Proposition 64 and legalized adult use of marijuana in the state, there was hope that the illegal market would cease to exist and tax dollars would flow into the state to fund youth education programs and more. Seven years later, the industry says it’s struggling to stay afloat.
Image by Motortion.OPINION – Caregivers aren’t only spouses or parents. In many California households, a sibling, adult child, parent, friend, or neighbor is the one making sure meals happen, rides show up, and plans bend when a hard day arrives. If that sounds like you, your role is real—and it deserves recognition and support.
Image by jacoblund. OPINION – Too many of our boys are dying—by suicide, by violence, by slow disconnection. This summer, Governor Newsom issued an executive order to address this crisis – a long-overdue recognition. But it’s not enough.
Image by Mykhailo Repuzhynskyi. For years, pharmacy benefit managers – prescription drug middlemen often referred to by the shorthand term PBMs – have gone virtually unregulated in California. With Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature on October 11th of a PBM regulation bill (SB 41) authored by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), that is going to change significantly.
California's historic Capitol dome. Image by :WallentineLawmakers are away, but all sorts of things are still happening in California’s Capitol community…even here at Capitol Weekly!
Image by mohd izzuan. OPINION – In signing Senate Bill 351 and Assembly Bill 1415, Governor Newsom has advanced measures that may reverberate far beyond California, discouraging the very capital that keeps clinics open, hospitals solvent, and patients cared for.
I want to thank Governor Newsom and California lawmakers for passing SB 41, an important step toward putting patients, not profits, first.