A proposal to pause a planned tax hike on retail cannabis has set off alarm bells among child safety advocates whose ...

Immigrants without legal status are facing a Medi-Cal enrollment freeze next year, and ICE raids are sparking fear among ...

Though the health and human services secretary has been avid fan of raw milk, he hasn’t pushed for changes to federal ...

The California Legislature is set to vote on a budget that would pare back a number of progressive priorities to close a $12 ...

To address this challenge in California, in 1999 the California Wellness Foundation (TCWF) hosted a retreat for health advocates in California working on access-to-care issues.

LGBTQ advocates are criticizing California health officials for the sudden cancellation of an LGBTQ youth mental health initiative just as their alarms are growing about the negative impacts queer ...

According to a statement from Representative Nanette Barragán, GOP proposed cuts to medicaid put coverage for millions of ...

Jodi Hicks, chief executive of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California and co-chair of the Yes on Prop. 35 campaign, called Newsom’s proposal “shocking” and “plain cruel.” ...

California has gradually expanded Medi-Cal, the state’s health insurance for low-income people, to undocumented immigrants, including those with temporary status such as Deferred Action for ...

Fear of immigration raids is driving patients to cancel health care. A third of medical appointments and half of dental ...

Assembly Bill 1312 would make hospitals check for financial assistance eligibility before patients are discharged. Advocates say it could help prevent long-term medical debt.

Advocates and providers in California say they anticipate dire repercussions for reproductive health-care access if Medicaid ultimately ends up on the Republican-controlled Congress’ chopping block.