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After subsidies expire, skyrocketing health insurance premiums are here.
Local Spin | Opinion

After subsidies expire, skyrocketing health insurance premiums are here.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jan 8, 2026

Stanton Ruese had long been planning for retirement. Those plans were forced to move up in timeline when, at 59, he was laid off by the Monter…

Power Play

Power Play

  • DANIEL DRIEFUSS
  • Dec 25, 2025
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CHOMP sign

  • DANIEL DRIEFUSS
  • Dec 25, 2025
The California Hospital Association sues the state over spending caps, including those impacting CHOMP and SVH.
News

The California Hospital Association sues the state over spending caps, including those impacting CHOMP and SVH.

  • Pam Marino
  • Oct 16, 2025

In April when the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) Board set lower spending cap increases for so-called "high cost" hospitals, inclu…

Insurance premiums continue to rise with the ever-increasing costs of healthcare.
Opinion

Insurance premiums continue to rise with the ever-increasing costs of healthcare.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Sep 13, 2025

Agata Popęda here, with a reading recommendation from the current issue of the Weekly.

A closer look at why health care costs are rising in the jail.
Opinion

A closer look at why health care costs are rising in the jail.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Jun 25, 2025

Katie Rodriguez here. A couple weeks ago I wrote a story that revealed that Wellpath, who’s been the health care provider in the Monterey Coun…

State’s Health Care Affordability board tells CHOMP and SVH to limit future spending even further.
News

State’s Health Care Affordability board tells CHOMP and SVH to limit future spending even further.

  • Pam Marino
  • Apr 23, 2025

The health care landscape in Monterey County could look different in the next few years, after the state’s Office of Health Care Affordability…

California's health care affordability staff recommends lower spending limits for CHOMP and SVH.
News

California's health care affordability staff recommends lower spending limits for CHOMP and SVH.

  • Pam Marino
  • Feb 25, 2025

Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula and Salinas Valley Health are facing lower spending targets than the rest of the state’s hospital…

School districts and cities in a local insurance group face surprise assessments as claims skyrocket.
News

School districts and cities in a local insurance group face surprise assessments as claims skyrocket.

  • Pam Marino
  • Dec 12, 2024

Local school districts, private schools and cities participating in the Municipalities, Colleges, Schools Insurance Group, known as MCSIG, are…

Three Monterey County hospitals face state scrutiny for high prices.
News

Three Monterey County hospitals face state scrutiny for high prices.

  • Pam Marino
  • Nov 28, 2024

It had been a long day in a conference room in Sacramento on Wednesday, Nov. 20, where the Office of Health Care Affordability Board was in th…

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