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Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight LocalSome of the most influential and wealthy groups in California politics are squaring off over legislation that would give California鈥檚 attorney general oversight of private equity firms and hedge funds acquiring major health care institutions. -
Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMattersMedical residents have a grueling job, typically working 60 to 80 hours a week. Now, early-career doctors at several California hospitals are forming unions as they press for better pay and working conditions.
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Over 1,000 locations across the country have shortages of primary care doctors. A recent report says that includes parts of Siskiyou County. -
Patient advocates have long alleged the Medical Board of California is ineffective at policing doctors. But a proposal to beef up its budget and overhaul procedures faces stiff resistance from the doctors' lobby. -
The recent on-the-job deaths of a Portland hospital security guard and a Gresham mental health aide have put a fresh spotlight on the violence that many working in health care experience routinely. -
A new California law meant to discipline doctors who give patients false information about covid-19 is now in legal limbo after two federal judges issued conflicting rulings in recent lawsuits.
