San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who is considering a run for governor in 2010, injected himself into California's heated budget battle Tuesday by threatening to sue the state over cuts to its medical insurance program for the poor. Newsom called the cuts - a 10 percent reduction in reimbursements to doctors who treat Medi-Cal patients - "unconscionable." SF Chronicle 3/26/08
The Schwarzenegger administration will once again intervene -- this time with the state Supreme Court -- on behalf of a man who sued Blue Shield for illegally dropping his health insurance after he was permanently injured in a car accident. The Department of Managed Health Care has summoned representatives from the state’s five largest health insurance providers to Sacramento Wednesday to tell them it intends to file an amicus brief against Blue Shield. The state regulators intend to explain to health insurers the department's view of how the recent appellate court decision in the Hailey case has fundamentally altered health insurance policy and regulation in California. Capitol Weekly 3/26/08
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