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.

The attacks are a continuation of the longstanding assault on California’s vulnerable homeless population, spearheaded by the Democratic Party.

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

California’s social-service spending, like New York’s and New Jersey’s, ballooned as migrants took advantage of generous ...

Newsom slashed healthcare for undocumented immigrants despite a promise just a year ago to deliver "universal healthcare for ...

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The results come just weeks after California Governor Gavin Newsom announced plans to roll back state-funded health coverage ...

Gavin Newsom’s final years of overseeing a massive state budget will be lonely ones. The California governor, who has less than two years left in his last term and is widely considered a potential ...

Lawmakers like California Republican Rep. David Valadao could be instrumental in determining the future of Medicaid. Much of ...

Advocates warn Governor Newsom’s plan to freeze Medi-Cal access for immigrants without legal status could raise health care ...

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Newsom has long supported providing affordable health care to Californians regardless of their immigration status. His May budget proposal blocks access beginning in 2026 to new Medi-Cal enrollees who ...