Health Care

Advocates and unions are objecting to Newsom's proposed cuts to state spending on education, preschool, health and welfare programs.

California leaders approved the hospital funding within days even as they questioned the narrow criteria, the amount and the number of hospitals that would qualify. The speed stunned some hospitals that are now scrambling to apply by the deadline.

A funding shift in California's budget could gut the mental health crisis teams that are fielding record call volumes across the state.

Gov. Gavin Newsom edged away from his campaign pledge to adopt single-payer healthcare. He got UCLA to study it and instead expanded Medi-Cal coverage.

A clinic group sued to block a union ballot measure that would dictate how community health centers spend money.

State regulations meant to help keep scammers out of the hospice industry are still pending.

The 340B Drug Pricing Program cuts prescription drug costs for safety-net hospitals, which often invest the savings in patient care.

California's mental health initiatives sometimes bypass individuals with schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders, often the most expensive to treat.

In a legal battle between Trump and California over transgender and abortion care, will businesses be caught in a fight between hostile Justice Departments?

The 9th Circuit found California didn't narrowly enough tailor its law to address concerns about high dialysis costs in the private insurance market.