Stories That Caught Our Attention: In a case that could eventually lead to significantly reduced federal funding for health care and social services in California, the high court temporarily ruled against inclusion of a controversial census question.

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Hospital systems across the nation are buying up physician practices, and policymakers are concerned about the impact.

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Research suggests residents of Medicaid expansion states experience improved health and well-being.

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: The first undocumented student to enter UCSF School of Medicine has graduated after pausing his medical training for one year to earn a master's degree in public health from Harvard.

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Former National Institute of Mental Health Director Thomas Insel will lead efforts to reorganize California’s mental health delivery system.

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Kathy Brandt is a nationally recognized expert in palliative health care, but nothing has acquainted her more intimately with the subject than her decision to seek it for herself.

After spending most of her career at the Los Angeles Times and Kaiser Health News, award-winning reporter Anna Gorman is now a public servant helping Los Angeles County residents who don't have health insurance.

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Economist Uwe Reinhardt famously said the system for determining prices in the US health care system was “chaos behind a veil of secrecy.” That was in 2006, and clearly, the chaos persists today.

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Amid all the excellent media coverage of the US maternal mortality crisis, something has been missing. "Too much reporting on Black maternal health has been doom and gloom," says one California nursing professor.

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: For years, the California Legislature has tried to ensure that all Californians have health coverage, and Governor Gavin Newsom has embraced that goal. Where do things stand in Sacramento?

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Surprise medical bills for consumers have prompted Congress to explore new legislative remedies. California lawmakers are debating next steps to protect patients in a battle that has raged for years.

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Electronic health records are supposed to take the US health care system into the 21st century while improving quality of care. Is that dream within reach?

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Journalists describe the uneven local programs providing care for California’s undocumented adults.

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Mark Ghaly, MD, MPH, a physician with expertise in health care delivery and community outcomes, will soon take the helm of the California Health and Human Services Agency.

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Health policymakers in Sacramento and Washington, DC, are taking renewed interest in restraining one of the most stubborn challenges facing the nation — surging consumer health costs.