To help fund the safety net, lawmakers have voted through a health tax extension that could increase premium costs for ...

It was immediately unclear how the sides bridged gaps with healthcare spending.

Medi-Cal, California's complex, $174.6 billion Medicaid program, provides health insurance for nearly 15 million residents with low incomes and disabilities. The state enrolls twice as many people as ...

Healthcare has always been a deeply personal topic, but in California, it's also a political one. Whether you’ve relied on Medicaid, also called Medi-Cal for years or you’re only just learning what ...

The tax rate increase, proposed by Gov. Newsom, will be discussed by him and both houses of the Legislature ahead of the looming end-of-June budget deadline ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Popular weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy would no longer be covered by Medi-Cal under a proposal unveiled by Gov.

After the state unwisely expanding Medi-Cal in recent years, the program has descended into a fiscal crisis. Now Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes to roll back some of the expansions, but it may be too ...

The reconciliation package now being debated in the U.S. House of Representatives will reform Medi-Cal, California’s version of Medicaid, the state-run safety-net health insurance program for the ...

California’s Medi-Cal in-home support services program faces a multi-billion dollar budget threat from both federal funding deferrals and state eligibility limits. Users like Maya Morya Selkie Scott ...

Nearly 100,000 undocumented immigrants disenrolled from Medi-Cal between June and December last year, accounting for a quarter of disenrollments in that period. Trump administration policies, ...

Medi-Cal, California’s complex, $174.6 billion Medicaid program, provides health insurance for nearly 15 million residents with low incomes and disabilities. The state enrolls twice as many people as ...