
What We're Reading: UnitedHealth, Aetna Plan to Join California's Medicaid Program
What we're reading, July 27, 2016: UnitedHealth and Aetna are looking to join California's Medicaid program; the World Health Organization is considering removing transgender identity from list of mental disorders; and medical schools rethink how to treat addiction.
Next year, UnitedHealth and Aetna both plan to join California’s Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, in San Diego and Sacramento. The vast majority (80%) of people covered by Medi-Cal are in managed care plans, and with the program covering one-third of all Californians, the program is almost impossible to ignore,
The World Health Organization (WHO) is considering removing transgender identity from the list of mental disorders.
With the opioid epidemic in the United States, medical schools are retooling their curriculums to address the issue.
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