Capitol Desk delivers the latest in health care policy and politics from Sacramento and around the state. Have an idea? Let us know. VAN NUYS, Calif. — Andy Martin’s body had rejected another HIV ...

This year, Medi-Cal (California’s Medicaid program) will begin undergoing policy shifts affecting eligibility, benefits and ...

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SACRAMENTO (AP) — The U.S. government has approved California's overhaul of the nation's largest insurance program for low-income and disabled residents, officials said Wednesday, a decision that ...

Anthem Blue Cross Medi-Cal is partaking in a new effort to coordinate care for some of California’s most vulnerable residents. Medi-Cal’s Health Homes Program will provide eligible members with a ...

Changes to federally supported programs such as Medicaid and SNAP will start this year, but what exactly they’re going to look like is still to be determined and will depend on what the state is ...

SACRAMENTO, CA — Covered California on June 11 announced that more than 158,000 Californians had remained covered through the Medi-Cal to Covered California enrollment program over the past year.

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More than half of San Diego County’s nearly 900,000 Medi-Cal recipients will have to switch health plans in 2024, according to a major consolidation effort announced by the state Department of Health ...

SACRAMENTO — A month into its debut, California’s new Medicaid prescription drug program is riddled with problems, leaving thousands of patients without medications — often after languishing on hold ...

SACRAMENTO — The contractor running California’s new Medicaid prescription drug program has addressed shortfalls that earlier this year left thousands of enrollees without critical medications, some ...

Tahira Ali supports people as they navigate the joys and trials of pregnancy — from giving birth to postpartum, and everything in between. She’s also helped pregnant patients work through domestic ...