health insurance

Rates in the state’s health insurance marketplace will increase an average of 6% next year. The agency also warned premiums may double for some enrollees if Congress does not renew federal aid.

An additional 764,000 people will be insured through the state's Medi-Cal program, at an eventual cost of about $2.7 billion a year.

Last week Governor Gavin Newsom, proposed expanding Medi-Cal to all low-income, undocumented Californians. That would fill a critical gap, as undocumented people ages 27 to 49 don’t currently qualify for the health insurance. A Fresno County family says gaining access to Medi-Cal would be life changing.

Open enrollment began this month for Covered California, the state’s public health insurance exchange. This year, there’s good news for low-income and…

The cost of healthcare in the U.S. has become so untenable that many news outlets now highlight outrageous medical bills – like a $100,000 heart attack or…

About five years ago, Jesus Gomez spent a month in the hospital. As he pulls out his phone to show me photos, he stops and smiles. “They’ll scare you,” he…

Earlier this summer, a contract between CalViva health and Kaiser Permanente left 9,000 Medi-Cal patients in the San Joaquin Valley to find all new…

For much of 2017, healthcare has dominated the headlines. But while access to insurance coverage remains a national debate, here in the San Joaquin…

California’s Republican congressmen were crucial to getting the American Health Care Act passed through the U.S. House of Representatives last week. One…

Gail Fulbeck, 64, relies on her body for work. She hauls soda, energy drinks, snacks and water to the 23 vending machines she owns around downtown…