Health

The lawmakers cite a Markup and CalMatters investigation that first revealed Covered California’s data practices in April.

Glenn County's only hospital may be forced to close because a federal agency is removing its "critical access" designation. Patients would have longer waits for ambulances and longer drives for emergency care.

Health care exchanges in Nevada, Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island shared users’ sensitive health data with companies like Google and LinkedIn.

The Markup and CalMatters found multiple ways consumers can block the trackers quietly sending your data to tech companies, including those used on state-run health exchange websites.

Fear of immigration raids is driving Southern California patients to cancel health care. A third of medical appointments and half of dental appointments at St. John’s 28 clinics were cancelled this week.

Legislators, cutting $3.5 billion in overall funding, endorsed a freeze on state health care for undocumented immigrants but want lower premiums and other changes In Newsom's proposal. Democrats are divided.

Many undocumented immigrants have long feared that their Medi-Cal data would be used against them. Newsom calls it "an abuse."

It can take a long time to build anything in California. The governor's office is trying to move fast on mental health projects funded by a new bond.

Doctors say the bill in the Legislature could save lives, but the restaurant association is opposed, saying it could give diners a false sense of security.

California doesn’t have enough primary care doctors, especially in the Inland Empire. The UC Riverside project will expand medical access and training.