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

Michael Schrader, chief executive of the Central California Alliance for Health, the local Medicaid plan for people in Merced ...

Gavin Newsom has overhauled California's behavioral health system, beginning with a 2020 law on mental health insurance and ...

It’s not that all of California’s behavioral health policies are explicitly tied to Medicaid, but many state and local mental health programs draw funding from it. Less Medicaid money means ...

Health care advocates and labor unions are mobilizing against proposed cuts, pressuring swing-district Republicans with ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation to provide $2.8 billion to close the budget hole in the state's Medicaid ...

Decision to add additional beds at Paradise Valley, invest in more board and care capacity, come despite concern over ...