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• Hey honey, wanna out-migrate?

  Get used to it. California deficits of $20 billion or more, year after year. That's the warning that state Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor has issued in a surprisingly readable 40-page document. Cuts. Taxes/fees. Furloughs. Layoffs. And Californians still Read More... Posted Thursday, November 19, 2009 12:23 PM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: Medi-Cal, California budget deficits, State Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor

• At least this dinosaur can bite

  My dentist of 20 years calls me "his dinosaur." I'm one of only a couple of his patients who gets teeth drilled and filled, crowns implanted -- dang near everything -- without an anesthetic. Anesthetic was never offered to me as a kid. And my Catholic Read More... Posted Thursday, June 05, 2008 1:54 PM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: Medi-Cal, Los Angeles Times, California budget deficits, Dr. Diana Zschaschel, dentists, dinosaurs

• Lottery, prisons and dieting for dollars

  Do you care who runs California's lottery? Would you mind if Blue Cross or some other HMO provided care in the state's prisons? Do you have feelings for (or understand) the Williamson Act or the State Compensation Insurance Fund? Those were some of the Read More... Posted Monday, April 28, 2008 12:43 PM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: California Hospital Association, health care, California budget deficits, Mike Villines