/tags/medi-cal Medi-Cal en-US Copyright Thu, 24 Apr 2025 23:08:21 GMT /health-and-medicine/2025-04-24/biden-let-california-get-creative-with-medicaid-spending-trump-is-signaling-that-may-end California uses Medicaid to pay for a range of nontraditional health care services, including housing. The Trump administration wants to scale back those programs. Thu, 24 Apr 2025 23:08:21 GMT /health-and-medicine/2025-04-24/biden-let-california-get-creative-with-medicaid-spending-trump-is-signaling-that-may-end Kristen Hwang /health-and-medicine/2025-04-19/medi-cal-under-threat-whos-covered-and-what-could-be-cut More than a third of Californians depend on Medi-Cal for a range of health care coverage. Now the program finds itself in the political crosshairs of federal budget-cutters. Sat, 19 Apr 2025 14:26:05 GMT /health-and-medicine/2025-04-19/medi-cal-under-threat-whos-covered-and-what-could-be-cut Don Thompson /health-and-medicine/2025-04-07/california-has-big-plans-for-improving-mental-health-medicaid-cuts-could-upend-them Potential cuts to Medicaid have Californians bracing for changes that could weaken recent gains in mental health care and addiction treatment. Mon, 07 Apr 2025 22:49:01 GMT /health-and-medicine/2025-04-07/california-has-big-plans-for-improving-mental-health-medicaid-cuts-could-upend-them Ana B. Ibarra /health-and-medicine/2025-04-01/california-just-blew-a-deadline-for-voter-approved-health-care-measure-losing-millions-of-federal-dollars California voters overwhelmingly passed a ballot measure that increases pay to doctors with Medi-Cal patients. The Newsom administration missed an early deadline to begin implementing it. Tue, 01 Apr 2025 22:52:05 GMT /health-and-medicine/2025-04-01/california-just-blew-a-deadline-for-voter-approved-health-care-measure-losing-millions-of-federal-dollars Kristen Hwang /health-and-medicine/2025-03-16/its-costing-california-more-than-expected-to-provide-immigrant-health-care-is-coverage-at-risk California is spending more than it expected on Medi-Cal and Republican lawmakers are pointing to coverage expansions that benefited immigrant households. Sun, 16 Mar 2025 14:12:28 GMT /health-and-medicine/2025-03-16/its-costing-california-more-than-expected-to-provide-immigrant-health-care-is-coverage-at-risk Ana B. Ibarra, Kristen Hwang /poverty-and-homelessness/2024-12-12/federal-health-care-dollars-are-helping-to-house-homeless-californians-trump-could-stop-that Gov. Newsom launched an ambitious program that uses Medi-Cal to help Californians access housing, healthy food and more. Now, its fate is in the hands of President-Elect Trump. Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:47:29 GMT /poverty-and-homelessness/2024-12-12/federal-health-care-dollars-are-helping-to-house-homeless-californians-trump-could-stop-that Marisa Kendall /health-and-medicine/2024-10-10/this-california-ballot-measure-promises-money-for-health-care-its-critics-warn-it-could-backfire Prop. 35 would take an existing tax on health insurance plans and use the money to increase payment to doctors and other providers who see Medi-Cal patients. Its supporters have raised $50 million, drawing from groups representing hospitals, doctors and insurers. Thu, 10 Oct 2024 13:48:24 GMT /health-and-medicine/2024-10-10/this-california-ballot-measure-promises-money-for-health-care-its-critics-warn-it-could-backfire Kristen Hwang /politics-government/2024-07-01/california-voters-will-decide-who-wins-on-health-care-tax-gavin-newsom-or-doctors The health care industry put a measure on the November ballot that would raise more money for Medi-Cal and block lawmakers from spending it on general government services. Billions of dollars are on the line. Mon, 01 Jul 2024 13:53:29 GMT /politics-government/2024-07-01/california-voters-will-decide-who-wins-on-health-care-tax-gavin-newsom-or-doctors Kristen Hwang /health-and-medicine/2023-12-19/they-told-me-i-have-no-coverage-californians-surprised-by-loss-of-medi-cal-insurance The federal government suspended an annual Medicaid renewal requirement during COVID-19. Now that it has resumed, many Californians are losing coverage for “procedural reasons.” Tue, 19 Dec 2023 13:54:31 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-12-19/they-told-me-i-have-no-coverage-californians-surprised-by-loss-of-medi-cal-insurance Ana B. Ibarra /2023-12-05/some-children-on-medi-cal-have-to-wait-weeks-months-for-mental-health-care-state-audit-shows Children on Medi-Cal, California’s insurance program for its poorest residents, might wait months for urgent psychiatric care, according to an audit released last week. Tue, 05 Dec 2023 22:39:27 GMT /2023-12-05/some-children-on-medi-cal-have-to-wait-weeks-months-for-mental-health-care-state-audit-shows Kate Wolffe / CapRadio