Medi-Cal

The question in the Capitol now: Is it time to restore several health benefits the state took from Medi-Cal recipients a decade ago, including the clearer vision that eyeglasses provide?

Gov. Gavin Newsom is in El Salvador to learn about the root causes of the migration crisis. Here's what California's already doing, or considering, as the Democrats who control the state pursue policies that are a repudiation of the current federal approach.

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The tobacco-tax hike passed in 2016, but it's still unclear whether more medical providers will accept Medi-Cal, the state's health plan for low-income Californians.

The governor put the surplus into three buckets: $3 billion for education and social services, $8.5 billion in one-time spending and $10 billion to build what he is calling “budget resiliency.”

In one of his first official actions, Gov. Gavin Newsom has directed that state agencies, including the one that oversees Medi-Cal, negotiate as a block to demand prescription drug makers lower their prices. The move will make California the nation’s largest negotiator against pharmaceutical companies and could become a model for other states—if it works.

Newsom baits Trump, Governor Dad is in the building, Pelosi, Huerta and other bigs turn out for Kounalakis and California school kids get a superintendent that can relate.

Anti-smoking crusade dating back decades has resulted in fewer deaths, more savings. Fresh data reveals new cigarette tax reducing smoking.

State officials hope to improve dental care for low-income residents by signing up more dentists, paying them better and emphasizing prevention.

More than half the state’s health care budget will be spent on just 5 percent of its patients—and they’re not the sickest people. Officials are staging an intervention.