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Year after year Californians watch their health bills increase faster than their wages — for some, to the point where care becomes unaffordable. Four years ago, the state created an office to curb that trend. Now, the California Office of Health Care Affordability is gaining new power to control costs. Its board last week adopted […]

Parents of transgender kids warned California for months. State officials are rushing to find money before the Oct. 13 deadline.

Community clinics across California do not meet the arbitrary standards Proposition 44 would create, jeopardizing healthcare services statewide, a physician argues.

Proposition 44 will hold community health centers accountable for the public dollars they receive, argues a social worker.

Health Net's decision to cut assisted living benefits for roughly 3,500 low-income seniors could force some of them onto the streets, critics fear.

California lawmakers are considering exempting wildfire mitigation projects from some state environmental and health rules, including allowing herbicide use.

Most people with Medi-Cal won’t be affected, but it may be confusing to figure out whether your benefits will change. The two most important things to do: Update your contact information with your county benefits office, and keep an eye out for any letters mailed from the county or state.

Through the Farm to School program, schools get grant money to obtain fresh, local food; send students on field trips to farms; and send cafeteria workers to culinary academies.

Proposition 38 is written in a way that very likely excludes all but one institute in the entire state: the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, whose prominent donor and co-founder is the chief backer of the proposition.

A federal law change lets schools offer nondairy beverages instead of milk, but they’re more expensive. More money became available in the California budget.