Medi-Cal

A phantom budget surplus in 2022 continues to haunt Gavin Newsom and state legislators after lavish spending, including a costly Medi-Cal expansion, has added billions more to California's chronic budget deficit.

California is spending more than it expected on Medi-Cal and Republican lawmakers are pointing to coverage expansions that benefited immigrant households.

Several California Republicans represent communities that rely on Medicaid for health care coverage. Their recent budget-cutting votes angered some constituents.

Almost 15 million Californians have health care coverage through Medi-Cal, a program that stands to lose billions of dollars if Republicans follow through on proposed cuts.

Programs helping Californians care for dementia or Alzheimer’s patients already struggle. Recent proposals to cut Medicaid money makes this bad situation worse.

Children regularly lose Medi-Cal coverage because of administrative errors. California's plan to keep them enrolled evaporated when voters passed Proposition 35.

Gov. Newsom launched an ambitious program that uses Medi-Cal to help Californians access housing, healthy food and more. Now, its fate is in the hands of President-Elect Trump.

Under Project 2025, all 50 states would be mandated to report detailed abortion-related data to the federal government or risk funding cuts. California is one of three states that currently does not report.

California immigrants with DACA status are newly eligible to buy insurance through the Affordable Care Act. Donald Trump's election creates uncertainty about the future of the program.

California's health care industry mostly united behind Proposition 35, which would bolster Medi-Cal by dedicating money for it from a tax on health insurance plans.