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Could California Shape The Fate Of The Affordable Care Act In November?

By Chad Terhune and Pauline Bartolone and Ana B. Ibarra and Alex Leeds Matthews June 7, 2018

With the primary now over, health care may well emerge as an issue that helps voters distinguish between candidates for governor, attorney general and other offices in the general election.

No Car, No Care? Medicaid Transportation At Risk

By JoNel Aleccia Photos by Heidi de Marco February 5, 2018

For over 50 years, the program for the poor and sick has been required to ferry certain clients to and from medical appointments. Though California is not among the states out to cut this service, it could still feel the pinch if the feds slash Medicaid funding overall.

Desperate For Coverage: Are Short-Term Plans Better Than None At All?

By Julie Appleby and Ana B. Ibarra December 8, 2017

As stopgap health plans gain attention as possible alternatives to Obamacare, consumers are advised to read the fine print.

Guía de la marihuana de la abuela: el estado lanza un sitio informativo

By Ana B. Ibarra October 3, 2017

El sitio oficial es el primer paso de una campaña educativa para informar a los residentes del estado sobre la droga a medida que se usa más y está más ampliamente disponible.

Frail Patients Losing Access To Dental House Calls

By Ana B. Ibarra Photos by Heidi de Marco December 19, 2017

Dental hygienists who treat frail and elderly residents in nursing homes and other facilities are dropping out of California’s publicly funded dental program for the poor because of recent changes that cut their pay and create more administrative hurdles.

Move To End DACA Leaves Some Young Immigrants Fearing For Their Health

By Barbara Feder Ostrov and Anna Gorman September 6, 2017

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program made it possible for young adults who came into the country illegally as children to get jobs with insurance and, in some states including California, Medicaid. Now that coverage is in peril.

Anthem’s Exit Leaves Thousands With No Choice Of Health Plans

By Ana B. Ibarra August 18, 2017

When Anthem Blue Cross pulls out of the individual market next year, about 60,000 Covered California enrollees, plus others who buy insurance outside of the exchange, will have only one health plan in their areas.

For Covered California, Uncertainty Is The New Certainty

By Ana B. Ibarra August 18, 2017

The state health insurance exchange made three multimillion-dollar decisions Thursday that were motivated by the lack of clarity from the federal government on key health policy issues.

Governor Inks Support for Some Key Health Bills, Nixes Others

By Pauline Bartolone and Ana B. Ibarra October 16, 2017

Gov. Jerry Brown signed many critical health care bills sent to him by the state legislature, cementing California’s role as a health care champion.

California Braces For Medi-Cal’s Future Under Trump And The GOP

By Anna Gorman and Pauline Bartolone November 22, 2016

California officials jumped at the chance to cover millions more low-income people by expanding its Medicaid program. Now, health policymakers and advocates fear the Trump administration and a Republican-ruled Congress will roll back the state’s progress.

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