Medi-Cal under threat: who’s covered and what could be cut?
California’s complex, $174.6 billion Medicaid program provides health insurance for nearly 15 million residents with low incomes and disabilities.
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US judge names receiver to take over California prisons’ mental health program
A judge has initiated a federal court takeover of California’s troubled prison mental health system by naming the former head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to serve as receiver,...
As California taps stockpiles for Bird flu, an eye kept on expenses
California public health officials are dipping into state and federal stockpiles to equip up to 10,000 farmworkers with masks, gloves, goggles, and other safety gear as the state confirms at...
Lifesaving drugs mark first use of opioid settlement cash in California
Sonja Verdugo lost her husband to an opioid overdose last year. She regularly delivers medical supplies to people using drugs who are living — and dying — on the streets...
California may face more than $40M in fines for lapses in prison suicide prevention
California could face more than $40 million in fines after it failed to improve suicide prevention measures in state prisons despite a federal judge’s warning that she would impose financial...
California prison drug overdoses surge Again After Early Treatment Success
Drug overdose deaths in California state prisons rebounded to near record levels last year even as corrections officials touted the state’s intervention methods as a model for prisons and jails...
California expands paid sick days and boosts health worker wages
California continues to burnish its reputation as a progressive state for health policy as Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills expanding paid sick leave, adding bereavement leave for miscarriages, and boosting...
California promises better care for thousands of inmates as they leave prison
California has agreed to improve health care for newly released prison inmates who are disabled, including through a series of measures that advocates say will help almost everyone trying to...
California’s fentanyl problem is getting worse
Driven largely by the prevalence of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid up to 100 times stronger than morphine, drug overdoses in California now kill more than twice as many people as car accidents,...
California confronts overdose epidemic among former prison inmates
People newly released from prison are 40 times as likely to die of opioid overdoses than members of the general population, researchers say. In response, California corrections officials aim to...
