Imagine if you told your kid they could have dessert, but only if they ate all of their vegetables. Then, as you looked away, ...

For Maria Paredez, the slashing of Medicaid funding is no political football, or some abstract argument emanating from ...

There are still many unknowns about what cuts, if any, could happen to Medi-Cal, which covers roughly 15 million people in ...

The history of Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program and the largest and most expansive such program in the country, provides this crucial background. It shows how Medicaid is the byproduct of ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to charge monthly premiums for undocumented immigrants and prevent new enrollees in the program as ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California is facing a $12 billion deficit that Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to help close by freezing enrollment in a state-funded health care program for immigrants living in ...

Medicaid is supposed to be a safety net for the poor, but California has turned it into welfare for the wealthy. In California, literally no amount of wealth now disqualifies someone from eligibility.

As well as California, which would experience an estimated 18-percent drop in federal Medicaid assistance, other states would need to make up significant shortfalls in funding over the next ten years.

Stretching California’s already fraying safety net even further, to cover people who aren’t here legally, is not compassion. It’s fiscal malpractice.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Monday to close a $2.8 billion budget gap in the state's Medicaid services and ensure coverage through June for 15 million ...