California’s Medi-Cal Shortfall Hits $6.2 Billion With ‘Unprecedented’ Cost Increases
The budget deficit for the state-federal health insurance program for low-income Californians is bigger than what state ...
Newsom to ask California Legislature for another $2.8 billion to cover Medi-Cal cost overruns
The funding requests suggest Medi-Cal costs are running as much as $6.2 billion above state estimates from last summer at a ...
Gavin Newsom’s team asks for billions more to support Medi-Cal program
This comes just days after the administration told legislators that it had borrowed the maximum amount it could to cover ...
Newsom asks for nearly another $3B for state health program overwhelmed by illegal immigrants
The Newsom administration is asking more money from California lawmakers to patch the state's bloated healthcare budget amid ...
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Bakersfield nurses to protest proposed cuts to Medi-Cal at Rep. Valadao’s district office
Dignity Health Bakersfield Memorial Hospital nurses will gather at the district office of U.S. Rep. David Valadao in ...
Susan Shelley: Medi-Cal under strain after state extends aid to illegal immigrants
The Newsom administration just informed the Legislature that it needs to borrow $3.4 billion to pay unexpectedly high costs ...
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Checking in on Medi-Cal as state approves $3 billion loan and concerns of federal cuts loom
Today on AirTalk, California approved a $3 billion loan for Medi-Cal amidst looming federal cuts. Want to get paid to be ...
CA borrows $3.4B to cover Medi-Cal budget gap
Gov. Gavin Newsom said California needs money from its general fund to cover a Medi-Cal budget shortfall. Critics are blaming ...
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California is borrowing billions to pay for Medi-Cal. Is immigrant coverage at risk?
California is spending more than it expected on Medi-Cal and Republican lawmakers are pointing to coverage expansions that ...
California Republican lawmakers raise questions about $3.4B loan to bail out Medi-Cal
Higher-than-expected costs for low-income health insurance are opening a debate about the extension of Medi-Cal to ...
CA House Republicans approve budget proposal likely to cut Medi-Cal
House Republicans approved a budget proposal likely to cut Medi-Cal to maintain 2017 tax cuts that disproportionately benefit ...
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CA Borrows $3.4B to Cover Medi-Cal Budget Gap. Is Immigrant Coverage at Risk?
Republicans are blaming coverage expansions that benefited immigrant households for California's $3.4 billion Medi-Cal ...