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Medi-Cal is a statewide program, but it is administered by the counties, which have separate government bureaucracies and different approaches to care.
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If you are enrolled in Medi-Cal, as more than one-third of Californians are, make sure your county knows how to reach you, or you could lose your health coverage unnecessarily.
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A new California law meant to discipline doctors who give patients false information about covid-19 is now in legal limbo after two federal judges issued conflicting rulings in recent lawsuits.
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A group of emergency physicians and consumer advocates in multiple states, including California, are pushing for stiffer enforcement of decades-old statutes that prohibit the ownership of medical practices by corporations not owned by licensed doctors.
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California counties, health insurance plans, community clinics, and a major national health care labor union are lining up against a controversial deal to grant HMO giant Kaiser Permanente a no-bid statewide Medicaid contract as the bill heads for its first legislative hearing Tuesday.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has negotiated a secret deal to give Kaiser Permanente a special Medicaid contract that would allow the health care behemoth to expand its reach in California.