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 ...

California’s Medi-Cal in-home support services program faces a multi-billion dollar budget threat from both federal funding ...

New federal work requirements are rolling out in stages across California’s public benefit programs, leaving many recipients ...

Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom published the revised state budget, proposing several changes that will have additional ...

"California spent years building a Medi-Cal program that goes beyond a card in your wallet," writes Michael Schrader in a Guest Commentary. "For millions of Californians, Medi-Cal managed care is not ...

Between federal and state cuts to healthcare programs, millions of Californians may lose coverage. But it doesn't have to happen.

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 ...

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At least two public agencies in Silicon Valley are investigating alleged fraud involving California’s Medi-Cal program. At issue are millions of tax dollars spent transporting patients to a specific ...

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 ...