Abortion protections tested; lead exposure; Medi-Cal and Trump's tax bill; earthquake retrofit grants canceled; AI in call ...

About half of states have broadened Medicaid, the state-federal low-income health care program, to pay for social services ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom was elected to office in 2019 on a promise of universal health care. He dramatically expanded coverage, but ...

Psychiatric Hospital Abused Patients For Years, State Finds: The state’s watchdog agency for people with disabilities has found that College Hospital in Cerritos (Los Angeles County), a for-profit ...

As California’s budget deadline looms, state Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson, a physician-turned-lawmaker, says state leaders may ...

About half of states have broadened Medicaid, the state-federal low-income health care program, to pay for social services such as housing and nutritional support. The Trump administration, however, ...

Florence Owens, an In-Home Supportive Services aide, brings Carol Crooks her morning coffee in Oakland. Proposed Medicaid cuts could endanger funding for aides such as Owens. (Ronnie Cohen for KFF ...

Newsom Backs Away From Free Health Care For Undocumented Immigrants: Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2025-26 revised budget proposal reneges on his signature policy to provide free health care coverage to all low ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at East Los Angeles College on Feb. 26 in Monterey Park, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday proposed that California roll back ...