Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Friday, July 18, 2025
ICE access to Medicaid data, CalMatters premiums, surprise medical bills, layoffs, medical clinics brace for changes, and more news.
Daily Edition for Thursday, July 17, 2025
California Extends Lifeline To LGBTQ+ Community: California will partner with the Trevor Project to provide suicide prevention support to LGBTQ+ youth, state officials announced Wednesday. The “Press 3 option” linking LGBTQ+ youth and young adults with 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline counselors is set to end today. Read more from the Bay Area News Group and The Hill.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Opioid settlement funds, HIV spending, Medicare doc pay, Medicaid and SNAP cuts, cancer screening, veteran health, and more.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Errors in rehab hospitals, HHS layoffs, covid cases, blood supply shortages, food safety, the homeless crisis, and more.
Daily Edition for Monday, July 14, 2025
California Creates Housing Agency: After years of soaring rents, increasingly out-of-reach home prices and an enduring homelessness crisis that touches every corner of the state, California is finally creating a state agency exclusively focused on housing issues. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Friday, July 11, 2025
Obamacare affordability, housing crisis, Medicaid cuts, vaccines, immigrant health, opioid settlement funds, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Thursday, July 10, 2025
Life expectancy in California, Medi-Cal, dangerous heat, immigrant health, homelessness, measles, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, July 9, 2025
UC Health, Blue Shield Of California Reach Deal, Assuring Access To Care: Tens of thousands of patients who get medical care at UCSF and five other UC Health academic medical centers statewide through Blue Shield of California can continue accessing services at in-network rates after UC Health and Blue Shield reached a contract agreement. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle and The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, July 8, 2025
California Says It Won't Comply With Order On Trans Athletes: California will not ban transgender athletes from competing in K-12 sports or change its anti-discrimination policies to exclude them, becoming the second state after Maine to defy the Trump administration. Read more from The Sacramento Bee and Los Angeles Times. Plus: The Supreme Court says it will decide next session whether states can ban trans athletes from women’s school sports. Read more from The Bay Area Reporter.
Daily Edition for Thursday, July 3, 2025
‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Could Curtail Abortion Access In California: The ability to get an abortion in California could be substantially reduced by the “Big Beautiful Bill.” The legislation eliminates federal Medicaid funding for any type of medical care to organizations that perform abortions. Planned Parenthood says its 115 clinics in California serve about one-third of its patients nationwide — nearly 1 million per year, about 80% of whom are low-income patients on Medi-Cal. Clinics that remain open might have to limit their services. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.