During his first administration, President Donald Trump’s top health officials gave North Carolina permission to use Medicaid ...

Nearly 800,000 Californians rely on aides from the state’s In-Home Supportive Services program. But proposed federal cuts to ...

For more than 50 years, low-income seniors and disabled people have been able to stay in their California homes—and out of more costly nursing facilities—with help from government-paid aides. But in ...

Newsom's budget plan for MediCal, the low-income health insurance program, would shift money for voter-approved increases in doctors' pay and reproductive care to cover other expenses.

Unsolicited advice for Kamala Harris as she ponders whether to run for governor: Don’t be like Gavin Newsom. Newsom has spent so much time talking about national issues that voters think he’s more ...

About half of states have broadened Medicaid, the state-federal low-income health care program, to pay for social services such as housing and nutritional support.

Over time, states have found clever ways to take advantage of Medicaid's joint funding structure and extract even more money ...