The nonprofit use of “in lieu of services” means it can continue to provide its residents with a host of social services.

As California ends Medicaid coverage for GLP-1 weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound, experts say the state's advice to ...

Low-income Californians who use Wegovy and similar weight loss drugs will lose their coverage in January. California and ...

In 2022, California made sweeping changes to its Medi-Cal program that reimagined what health care could look like for some of the state’s poorest and sickest residents by covering services from ...

Medicaid is the single largest payer for mental health services in the United States, playing a critical role in ensuring access to care for millions of adults with mental illness and substance use ...

Protesters chant and hold signs outside Rep. Young Kim's Anaheim Hills office in March to protest the budget reconciliation bill they say could lead to billions of dollars of cuts to SNAP, Medicaid ...

Congress and President Trump pushed through massive cuts and restrictions on Medicaid. California and others are scrambling ...

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 ...

California health care was hit hard in 2025: more than 3 million may lose Medicaid, Covered California subsidies at risk.

The continuing growth in states’ Medicaid programs has placed a severe financial strain on state budgets. In fiscal year 2024, Medicaid was the largest category of total state spending, consuming 29.8 ...

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, and Bill Essayli, a Los Angeles-based prosecutor, said they ...