As states increasingly fracture along partisan lines, California Democrats are stamping their supermajority on legislation that they will consider until they adjourn at the end of August.

Don Thompson reports ⤵️ californiahealthline.org/news/article/c…

The availability of nurses and aides willing to work in nursing homes is a subject of dispute in the debate over Biden administration staffing standards released Monday.

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#DAILYEDITION : More than 100 Northern California nurses marched outside Kaiser San Francisco Medical Center on Monday to protest what they say is hospitals’ use of unproven artificial intelligence that could put patients at risk. californiahealthline.org/morning-briefi…

NEWS: The Biden administration cracked down on nursing homes, issuing new minimum staffing requirements that a KFF analysis says most facilities don’t meet.

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This week on the KFF Health News Minute: A shortage of dentists has more primary care doctors taking care of teeth, and providers risk jail time in states that continue to outlaw needle exchanges.

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California state lawmakers this year are continuing their progressive tilt on health policy, debating bills banning an ingredient in Froot Loops and offering free condoms for high schoolers.

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For unhoused people who were disenrolled, getting back on Medicaid can be extraordinarily difficult.kffhealthnews.org/MTg0MTI3OA via @kffhealthnews By Aaron Bolton in partnership with Montana Public Radio

#DAILYEDITION : Supreme Court justices sounded sharply split Monday over whether to give cities in the West more authority to restrict homeless encampments. “Sleeping is a biological necessity,” liberal Justice Elena Kagan said. californiahealthline.org/morning-briefi…

The Biden administration mandated minimum staffing levels for nursing homes. They are higher than many facilities’ current payrolls, but not as high as advocates sought.

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'We don't lock people up for being diabetic or epileptic,' said David Mahoney. 'The question every community needs to ask is: 'Are we doing our responsibility to each other for locking people up for a diagnosed medical condition?''

Lillian Mongeau Hughes, KFF Health News & @cbsnews

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is offering a compromise to protect indoor workers from heat. But prison and jail employees — and prisoners — would have to wait for relief.

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One rural Utah jail hired a community health worker to help people transition from jail to life on the outside. Many of the people she works with have since stayed out of jail.

Lillian Mongeau Hughes reports ⤵️ californiahealthline.org/news/article/u…

Supporters of mandatory nurse ratios are going up against a powerful hospital industry spending millions of dollars to kill those efforts.

Kate Wells reports ⤵️ californiahealthline.org/news/article/n…

#DAILYEDITION : The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments today on what some are calling the most important case about homelessness in decades: Johnson v. Grants Pass. californiahealthline.org/morning-briefi…

Medical Providers Still Grappling With UnitedHealth Cyberattack: ‘More Devastating Than Covid’

“I’m holding on to my sanity by a thread.'

Samantha Liss reports ⤵️ californiahealthline.org/news/article/c…

“We don’t lock people up for being diabetic or epileptic,” a former sheriff told KFF Health News. Read more about how a community health worker is helping incarcerated people plan for successful transitions from jail to life outside.

Lillian Mongeau Hughes reports ⤵️ californiahealthline.org/news/article/u…

#DAILYEDITION : Gavin Newsom plans to make it easier for Arizonans to receive abortions in California, an announcement he made on the same day he debuted a political advertisement that draws attention to Republican policies in Alabama. californiahealthline.org/morning-briefi…

“Everyone is freaking out. We are like monkeys in a cage,” one urologist told Samantha Liss about the ongoing fallout of the Change Healthcare cyberattack. “We can’t really do anything about it.”

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Nearly a half-million health workers who stand to benefit from California’s nation-leading $25 min. wage law could be in for a rude awakening if hospitals and other providers follow through on potential cuts to hours and benefits.

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