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Health Care Cuts Threaten Homegrown Solutions to Rural Doctor Shortages

Olivia Owlett, one of four residents in the inaugural class of Healthy Rural California's family medicine residency program in Chico. She was drawn to the region in large part because its health care ...
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Housing, Nutrition in Peril as Trump Pulls Back Medicaid Social Services

President Donald Trump signs an executive order at the White House on May 12. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images) During his first administration, President Donald Trump’s top health officials gave ...
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After Promising Universal Health Care, Gov. Newsom Must Reconsider Immigrant Coverage

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference on April 16 in Ceres, near Modesto. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom didn’t expect to be reckoning with ...
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Medi-Cal Under Threat: Who’s Covered and What Could Be Cut?

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 ...
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Los Angeles County Has Cut Homelessness, but Wildfires Threaten To Erase That Gain

Sean Brown, recovering from methamphetamine addiction, lost his housing in the Eaton Fire in January. “I had nothing but the clothes on my back. It just brought back all of those feelings of being ...
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For California Farmworkers, Telehealth Visits With Mexican Doctors Fill a Gap

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 ...
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Health Care Is Newsom’s Biggest Unfinished Project. Trump Complicates That Task.

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 ...
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Immigration Detention Center Contractor Sues Over California Health Inspections

Jose Ruben Hernandez Gomez reads the names of people who have died in custody at immigration detention centers in recent years during an Oct. 31 vigil outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs ...
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California Sets 15% Target for Primary Care Spending Over Next Decade

A California agency charged with slowing health costs has set a lofty goal for insurers to direct 15% of their spending to primary care by 2034, part of the state’s effort to expand the primary care ...
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California Expanded Medi-Cal to Unauthorized Residents. The Results Are Mixed.

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 ...
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Asian Health Center Tries Unconventional Approach to Counseling

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 ...
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Longtime Head of L.A. Care To Retire After Navigating Major Medi-Cal Changes

John Baackes, CEO of L.A. Care, stands in front of a window overlooking downtown Los Angeles on the 10th floor of the organization’s headquarters. Baackes will retire in January after nearly half a ...