Why does a hospital in San Luis Obispo charge tens of thousands dollars more for major joint replacement surgery than one across the Santa Barbara County line? And what’s behind a hospital in the city of Santa Barbara asking twice as much as a facility in nearby Lompoc? And perhaps more puzzling, why is the Read More →
Herb K. Schultz, regional director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will keynote the Pacific Coast Business Times’ 2013 Champions in Health Care Summit. The event, which also celebrates the 2013 honorees in the Business Times’ Champions in Health Care special section, will take place June 21 at El Encanto in Santa Read More →
By Guest commentary / Friday, May 10th, 2013 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: Making affordable health insurance for California small businesses and workers a priority
But because of the Affordable Care Act, California’s small businesses and their employees are getting better choices.
By Editorial Board / Monday, April 8th, 2013 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Broken promises with health care exchanges
Reading between the lines of the latest announcement on Obamacare, you get the feeling that there really is an industrial-financial-insurance complex that’s bound and determined to eat up all the profits of every small business in the United States.
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Sansum Clinic has started construction on its first new South Coast building in decades. The new surgery and medical office suite is a joint venture with Santa Barbara-based Towbes Group and is located on Foothill Road on a vacant property adjacent to Highway 154. The site will include two buildings totaling approximately 60,000 square feet. Read More →
On the eve of a Board of Supervisors vote on the largest bond issue for a capital project in Ventura County history, the county’s financing authority received a AA rating from Fitch Ratings on Feb. 4 for $305 million in bonds that will fund a significant rebuilding of the Ventura County Medical Center. Proceeds will Read More →