MediCal

Potential cuts to Medicaid have Californians bracing for changes that could weaken recent gains in mental health care and addiction treatment.

At least seven Fresno-area healthcare workers lost their jobs recently, with more challenges expected to emerge in the coming days.

The California Department of Health Care Services has rolled out a new program to help some low-income residents eliminate asthma triggers in their homes. Five months later, families in the San Joaquin Valley are struggling to get these services.

KHN journalists on the closure of dozens of pain clinics in Central California amid a state investigation

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.

On this week’s Valley Edition: Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed $820 million to expand Medi-Cal to all undocumented Californians. Two farm workers in Riverdale say this could be life-changing. Listen to this story and more in the podcast.

The California Legislature has taken a key step toward extending health insurance to more than a million undocumented immigrants. As Ben Adler reports…

Doctors, insurers, a union and lawmakers are teaming up to push for an increase in Medi-Cal reimbursement rates to providers. As Health Care Reporter…

The state of California says about 400,000 applicants to the Medi-Cal program are still waiting for their coverage. Administrators say they’ve made a lot…

California Governor Jerry Brown’s new budget estimates that almost a third of the population of California will be enrolled in Medi-Cal during next fiscal…