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Medi-Cal under threat: Who’s covered and what could be cut?
Federal law requires states to offer health insurance to many people with low incomes or disabilities. But some states, ...
Newsom OKs $2.8B to close California's Medicaid funding gap after expanding immigrant coverage
The move will ensure coverage through June for 15 million people, including immigrants, who receive health care via the ...
California showdown over Medicaid as GOP approves massive cuts
Health care advocates and labor unions are mobilizing against proposed cuts, pressuring swing-district Republicans with ...
Newsom signs $2.8B Medicaid bailout despite Republican attacks
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed legislation to close a $2.8 billion Medicaid funding gap despite Republicans in his ...
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Medicaid cuts could upend California’s plans for improving mental health
Michael Schrader, chief executive of the Central California Alliance for Health, the local Medicaid plan for people in Merced ...
Newsom signs $2.8B bailout for healthcare program overrun by illegal immigrants
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed off on a $2.8B loan to cover healthcare program shortfall due to underestimated costs of ...
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California OKs $2.8B to close Medicaid funding gap after expanding immigrant coverage
who receive health care via the program. The legislation is part of the state's solution to solve the $6.2 billion hole in the state's Medicaid budget. It comes a year after California launched an ...
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California has big plans for improving mental health. Medicaid cuts could upend them
On March 24, the California Department of Health Care Services, which oversees the state’s Medicaid program, received termination letters from the federal Substance Abuse Mental Health Services ...