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California is borrowing billions to pay for Medi-Cal. Is immigrant coverage at risk?
California is spending more than it expected on Medi-Cal and Republican lawmakers are pointing to coverage expansions that ...
It’s costing California more than expected to provide immigrant health care. Is coverage at risk?
Immigrants lacking permanent status contribute approximately $8.5 billion in state and local taxes a year, according to an ...
Susan Shelley: Medi-Cal under growing strain
The Newsom administration just informed the Legislature that it needs to borrow $3.4 billion to pay unexpectedly high costs ...
Medicaid shortfall forces California to borrow $3.44B
SACRAMENTO, California — California will need to borrow $3.44 billion to close a budget gap in the state’s Medicaid program, Newsom administration officials told lawmakers Wednesday in a letter ...
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A CHP officer thought a stroke victim was on drugs. Years later, his family gets permission to sue
A family can sue the California Highway Patrol over an incident in which an officer missed the signs of an accident victim’s ...
Trump opens investigations at three California colleges alleging DEI-based discrimination
Amid President Trump's push against DEI, the Education Department has opened investigations into a diversity-related program ...
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California borrows $3.4 billion for Medicaid overrun as congress eyes steep cuts
California’s Medicaid program has borrowed $3.4 billion from the state’s general fund — and will likely need even more — to ...
Company that allegedly sold ‘sham’ health insurance plans to Californians settles for $1.3 million
Rob Bonta, the California Attorney General, announced on Friday a $1.2 million settlement with a company accused of “advertising and selling sham health insurance” in the state over ...
Opinion: California doesn’t need DOGE, but there’s still plenty to cut here
A full audit — independent, rigorous and public — could draw a blueprint to root out waste and fraud without theatrics.
Medicaid cuts could be ‘highly consequential’ for Valley health care, experts say. Here’s how
Half of San Joaquin Valley residents rely on federal health insurance funding that is under threat in congressional Republicans’ plan to slash spending.