Medi-Cal

The Trump administration announced $233 million for rural California healthcare Thursday. Here’s where the money comes from.

Julia Feinberg feels like she’s living in a sinister version of Groundhog Day. For the second year in a row California lawmakers have made it tougher for seniors and people with disabilities to qualify for state-funded health benefits.  Feinberg, 37, who has a degenerative neuromuscular disorder, said without Medi-Cal she would be confined to a […]

The state has not investigated 26,000 of its 28,000 highest-risk Medi-Cal providers, the report says. Health officials dispute it.

California lawmakers passed a healthcare tax in June that could increase premiums by $100 annually, but groups representing doctors and insurers say it violates the law.

Proposition 40 would levy a one-time tax on billionaires. Some say the initiative opens the door to tax flight and more aggressive taxation. Others say there’s no way to predict the outcome.

More than 3,000 low-income seniors rely on Health Net to afford assisted living and caretaker services.

The fallout of Medicaid cuts deserve scrutiny, but the program's impact on federal debt should be part of the discussion, argues a longtime political strategist.

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

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.

Medi-Cal cuts will strain hospitals already operating at a loss. The fallout: fewer services and higher costs for the privately insured too.