Health
Hoping to save limbs and toes, California moves to curtail diabetes
Diabetes afflicts millions of Californians, and thousands suffer amputations as a result. The state is trying to rein in the disease.
Medi-Cal
Newsletters
Disclosure at a snail’s pace; CCPOA’s clout
Candidates for superintendent of public instruction tangled over prison officers' pay. Marshall Tuck said Tony Thurmond should not have voted to raise correctional officers' pay by 5 percent, at a cost of more than $114 million.
Health
Food for the heart in a new California health program
A pilot project uses diet to improve the health of people with congestive heart failure—and save the state millions of dollars.
Health
California’s push to make people healthy—and save taxpayers money
California is testing programs to promote healthy living, prevent disease and lower the cost of care for state patients.
Health
California’s expanding care options for Boomers with dementia—but still falling short of the need
Even middle-class families can be driven into poverty, and onto the public payroll, by the cost of elder care. For people with dementia who don't need a nursing home but can't afford other help, options are few.
Politics
Work to get Medi-Cal? California bill says no
The Trump administration said it's OK to require Medicaid recipients to work. A state senator would bar California from adopting such a mandate.
Health
Democrats eye more health care for California’s undocumented
California’s Democratic legislators want to extend health benefits to undocumented young adults, the continuation of an effort that ushered children without legal status into the state’s publicly funded health care system last year. It is unclear when the program would start or how much the state would spend if the proposal, which could cost up […]