California Eggs Are Recalled In Salmonella Outbreak: As of Friday, a salmonella outbreak linked to California egg producer August Egg Company had sickened at least 79 people. Of the infected people, ...

Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, is the state’s health insurance program for Californians with low incomes, including ...

Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, is the state’s health insurance program for Californians with low incomes, including children, people with disabilities, and seniors. Get the latest data on ...

SACRAMENTO — Medi-Cal, California’s complex, $174.6 billion Medicaid program, provides health insurance for nearly 15 million residents with low incomes and disabilities. The state enrolls twice as ...

Tina Ewing-Wilson remembers the last time major Medicaid cuts slashed her budget. In the late 2000s, during the Great Recession, the pot of money she and other Medi-Cal recipients depend on to keep ...

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom is pressuring Oakland to expand its police department’s ability to chase suspects, referencing the public’s desire for a crackdown on crime. He said that voters had ...

Lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom are at odds over what to do about high drug prices, and a recent proposal could trigger one of the biggest health care battles in Sacramento this year: a clash over PBM ...

Rosa “Rosita” Flores, a retail line supervisor at Taylor Farms in Salinas, shows the MiSalud app, which connects Spanish-speaking farmworkers with doctors in Mexico. (Victoria Clayton for KFF Health ...

In March 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks about his plan to make insulin available to everyone for $30 a vial. (Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images) SACRAMENTO — Six ...

Maurice Clark is homeless on the streets of Las Vegas. He took a survey that should help him get into housing, but he’s waiting. (Angela Hart/KFF Health News) LAS VEGAS — Maurice Clark huddled in his ...

California this year took the final step in opening Medi-Cal, its Medicaid program, to every eligible resident regardless of immigration status. It’s a significant expansion for an already massive ...

Jee Hyo Kim, a community health worker at Asian Health Services, received training in lay counseling to support people who have experienced trauma. (Loren Elliott for KFF Health News) In her first ...