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Democratic lawmakers reach a California budget agreement. Here are five takeaways
Speaker Robert Rivas and Senate President pro Tem Mike McGuire rejected billions in cuts proposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last ...
Why the legislature’s budget proposal would put California in an even deeper hole
During his annual report on the state’s finances last fall, legislative budget analyst Gabe Petek warned that budget spending ...
Opinion: Newsom shouldn't balance the state budget on the backs of Medi-Cal patients
Gavin Newsom’s budget for California doesn’t reduce the deficit enough. Budget hawks are suggesting an approach that ...
Advocates urge lawmakers to reject Gavin Newsom’s cuts to Medi-Cal, child care
Not having access to health care, to home care, to childcare, to food — those things are disabling and can kill, right?” one ...
Can Gov. Gavin Newsom use Medi-Cal funding to balance California’s budget?
Proposition 35 was meant to attract doctors to care for low-income Californians. Instead, the state is looking to use that ...
Gov. Newsom proposes ‘asset test’ for low-income and disabled Medi-Cal applicants. What does that mean?
Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing reinstating an 'asset test' that would narrow eligibility for low-income seniors and adults ...
Newsom finally starts tackling Medi-Cal cuts
One can make a reasonable case for a higher asset limit, but removing it opened the system to abuse. This is a safety-net ...
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Budget Cuts Threaten In-Home Assistance Workers and Medi-Cal Recipients
The union claims that 23,000 SEIU members who are currently paid for 66 hours per week would see a 30% cut in their monthly ...
Newsom blames California’s $12 billion budget shortfall on tariffs, Medi-Cal spending on immigrants
Gov. Gavin Newsom said two factors are largely to blame for a $12 billion budget shortfall facing California: expanding ...
Advocates in Salinas rally against proposed rollback of Medi-Cal for certain immigrants
Health care advocates called on Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas to reject the Gov. Newsom's proposal to roll back Medi-Cal ...
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Opinion: As Obesity Crushes Our Communities, California Can’t Afford to Cut Care
California's proposed budget cuts to Medicaid/Medi-Cal could exacerbate the obesity crisis, particularly in Black and Brown ...
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California governor proposes pausing expansion of health care to low-income immigrants
The Medi-Cal expansion, combined with other factors ... Wildfires, tariff policies and health costs strain California’s budget The proposals come ahead of Newsom’s scheduled presentation ...