“Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday proposed that California roll back health care for immigrants without legal status, saying the state needed to cut benefits for some to maintain core services across the board.” Newsom’s Pitch as He Seeks To Pare Down Immigrant Health […]
“The second-term governor faces a tough political decision: renege on his promise to achieve universal health care and strip coverage from millions of immigrants who lack legal status or look elsewhere for budget cuts.” After Promising Universal Health Care, California Governor Must Reconsider Immigrant Coverage […]
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“Our Medi-Cal budget, outside of what the federal government may do, is exploding. We definitely have to ensure that those who are our most vulnerable — our kids, those with chronic conditions — continue to have some sort of coverage. What will that look […]
“…even as he extols MAHA, Trump has unleashed a slew of policies likely to make Americans less healthy.” Trump Policies at Odds With ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Push In his March address to Congress, President Donald Trump honored a Texas boy diagnosed […]
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“Faced with potential federal spending cuts that threaten health coverage and falling childhood vaccination rates, Monica Soni, the chief medical officer of Covered California, has a lot on her plate — and on her mind.” Covered California Pushes for Better Health Care as […]
“Not all services that may be provided as part of an annual physical are paid for by insurance as preventive care. A patient who needs blood work for a specific medical concern — as Aiken did, for medication monitoring — could be required to […]
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