Medicaid

Policy changes in healthcare and immigration could leave lasting consequences, researchers say.

The Trump administration says it's deferring over $1 billion in Medicaid payments to Minnesota and California because of suspected fraud and noncompliance.

California lawmakers seek to revive an expired law that would require the state to identify companies that employ 100 or more and have employees enrolled in Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program.

Seasonal work. Inconsistent hours. Frequent moves. Cash payments and informal jobs. For farmworkers who rely on Medicaid, these common employment patterns could put their health coverage at risk.

Health care leaders across the central San Joaquin Valley fear that federal cuts to Medicaid and state reductions in Medi-Cal benefits represent a “tsunami” of changes that jeopardize the financial stability of hospitals and clinics, and threaten residents’ access to care in the region.

Rep. David Valadao voted to slash federal funding to Medi-Cal even though he represents a district where two-thirds of constituents rely on it for health care.

They voted for Trump — now his Medicaid cuts could leave their clinics and coverage at risk.

The San Joaquin Valley is expected to acutely feel the cuts. The region has the highest usage of the federal health insurance program in California.

A group of more than 20 states, including California, are suing the Trump administration over efforts to cut Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood. The lawsuit challenges part of President Donald Trump's big tax law that cut reimbursements to major providers of family planning services.

House members in the San Joaquin Valley who voted for the bill defended their decisions, despite projections that some of their constituents will lose coverage.