California State Senator Dave Cortese argues that taxpayers are subsidizing health care for employees of large corporations through Medi-Cal, and that federal cuts in H.R. 1 will worsen the burden. Th…
California voters will decide on Proposition 44 in the 2026 election, which would require safety-net health clinics to spend 90% of revenue on patient services rather than overhead. Clinics failing to…
California Democrats approved a $1.5 billion tax hike on private health insurance as part of the 2026–27 state budget, a move expected to raise premiums for privately insured residents to preserve fed…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers reached a deal on the state's $350 billion budget, which includes a constitutional amendment to bolster the rainy day fund and a bond plan for hou…
Federal officials charged seven Southern Californians with defrauding Medi-Cal and Medicare of millions of dollars through false claims for prescription drugs, hospice services, and medical tests, as …
Santa Clara County approved a $14.7 billion budget that cuts 431 positions and reduces healthcare funding to close an $800 million deficit caused by federal Medicaid cuts. The budget increases funding…
Two of California's most powerful unions, the California Teachers Association and SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, are clashing over money and political influence this election season, with confli…
California's In-Home Supportive Services program, which provides Medi-Cal-funded caregivers to roughly 900,000 disabled and older adults, faces dual threats from the Trump administration's planned def…
Healthcare workers, local leaders, and advocacy organizations staged a "die-in" protest Friday outside Valley Medical Center in San Jose, warning that federal funding cuts to Medicaid could force clin…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers face a June 15 deadline to resolve billions of dollars in budget differences for the 2026-27 fiscal year, with proposed cuts to Medi-Cal and other heal…