WellPoint Inc. is leading companies that have poured $13.4 million into defeating a ballot initiative that would give California regulators the power to reject increases in health policy premiums.

Proponents, led by San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, delayed the measure until 2016 to improve its chances of passage.

A group of California mayors is opposing a pension-reform referendum that would empower them to reduce expenses while risking their support from unions.

Lagging enrollment in PPACA among Californias Latinos is spurring a new push into communities to sell the states program face-to-face.

Democratic-led states have expanded Medicaid programs for the poor under the health law; most Republicans have refused. While the laws online exchanges draw more scrutiny, its Medicaid that may determine the health of millions of Americans.