On January 10, 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom released the proposed 2019-20 state budget which includes a $144 billion general fund, which is a 4 percent inc...
Trump Highlights Health Agenda With Vow To Lower ‘Unfair’ Drug Prices
It was not the centerpiece, but health was a persistent theme in President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address at the Capitol on Tuesday night...
Pain From The Government Shutdown Spreads. This Time It’s Food Stamps.
Antoinette Martinez was relieved when she heard she would receive her food stamps for February about two weeks early. Her cabinet was nearly empty aft...
California’s Top Lawyer Cements His Role As Health Care Defender-In-Chief
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Xavier Becerra, the political savvy Democratic attorney general of California, has sued the Trump administration 45 times in th...
Coverage Denied: Medicaid Patients Suffer As Layers Of Private Companies Profit
Marcela Villa isn’t a big name in health care — but she played a crucial role in the lives of thousands of Medicaid patients in California. Her of...
En Route To Congress, California Democrats Hit Wall On ‘Medicare-For-All’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Each of the seven California Democrats who flipped Republican congressional seats in the midterm election campaigned for more gov...
After Bitter Closure, Rural Texas Hospital Defies The Norm And Reopens
Five months ago, the 6,500 residents of Crockett, Texas, witnessed a bit of a resurrection — at least in rural hospital terms. A little more than a ...
Newsom Comes Out Swinging On Day One For Single-Payer, Immigrant Coverage
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Within hours of assuming office Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a defiant challenge to the Trump administration with sweeping ...
Newsom Diverges Sharply From Washington With Health Care Budget
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday unveiled his first state budget, one that leads California down a very different health care pat...
Medicare Cuts Payments To Nursing Homes Whose Patients Keep Ending Up In Hospital
The federal government has taken a new step to reduce avoidable hospital readmissions of nursing home patients by lowering a year’s worth of payment...