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Mental Health Phone Line In Jeopardy: As California grapples with a $12 billion budget deficit, the California Peer Run Warm Line that provides free 24/7 mental health support to thousands of ...
Governor Revives ‘Asset Test’ For Medi-Cal Applicants: Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed tackling the rising costs of Medi-Cal and In-Home Supportive Services by reintroducing the “asset test” — ...
HIV/AIDS Prevention Efforts In Jeopardy, Groups Warn: A coalition of HIV prevention organizations, health experts and Democrats in Congress is sounding the alarm over sweeping Trump administration ...
San Diego Shelters Might Have Had TB Exposures: San Diego County health officials are notifying employees, volunteers and residents about possible tuberculosis exposures at two homeless shelters: ...
Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, is the state’s health insurance program for Californians with low incomes, including ...
Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, is the state’s health insurance program for Californians with low incomes, including children, people with disabilities, and seniors. Get the latest data on ...
SACRAMENTO — Medi-Cal, California’s complex, $174.6 billion Medicaid program, provides health insurance for nearly 15 million residents with low incomes and disabilities. The state enrolls twice as ...
Tina Ewing-Wilson remembers the last time major Medicaid cuts slashed her budget. In the late 2000s, during the Great Recession, the pot of money she and other Medi-Cal recipients depend on to keep ...
SACRAMENTO — President Donald Trump is vowing a new approach to getting homeless people off the streets by forcibly moving those living outside into large camps while mandating mental health and ...
Donny McCullough, a music producer, says it was difficult to put on a brave face for his wife and daughters while fleeing their Pasadena home the morning of Jan. 8. (Molly Castle Work/KFF Health News) ...
Bryon Johnson (right), a case manager with Shine a Light, walks through a tunnel under the Las Vegas Strip with Nick Freddes, a team leader for the homeless outreach organization. (Angela Hart/KFF ...