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 ...

Dozens of maternal health organizations and advocates are urging the California surgeon general to suspend the rollout of a plan aimed at reducing maternal mortality, saying that the recently ...

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.” ...

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

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.

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 ...

Millions of low-income people, including children, seniors in nursing homes, and people with disabilities, would lose access ...

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.

Children’s health advocates are sounding alarm bells about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to freeze public health insurance enrollment for undocumented adults. They say the move will put those adults’ ...