Ana B. Ibarra
Reporter | CalMattersAna B. Ibarra covers health care for , a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics, and a JPR news partner.. Her reporting largely focuses on issues around access to care and affordability. Before joining CalMatters, Ana worked as a reporter at KFF Health News, where she covered the Legislature and California health agencies.
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California sued the Trump administration more than 100 times in his first term and secured some major victories on the environment, immigration and health care. -
A California minimum wage law that was delayed amid budget troubles is now set to go into effect Oct. 16. It鈥檚 expected to benefit hundreds of thousands of workers. -
In vitro fertilization treatments often cost tens of thousands of dollars, making them too expensive for families whose insurance won鈥檛 cover them. -
Premium increases largely vary by region and plan, but most consumers will receive subsidies that will protect them from steep hikes. -
Hundreds of thousands of California health care workers expect to get a raise under a new law that sets a higher minimum wage for them. The law has a number of variables, including when it will actually take effect. -
Every year thousands of Californians are shocked to learn they owe the IRS for their subsidized health plan. Here鈥檚 how to avoid it. -
A higher minimum wage for health care workers that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law is set to take effect in two weeks, but he is racing to delay it because of its potential impact on the state budget deficit. -
Folic acid reduces the risk of birth defects and the FDA requires that bakers include it in enriched bread. California could extend the mandate to tortillas and foods made with corn masa flour. -
California is one of four states that levies a tax penalty on uninsured households. Many people paying the fines are eligible for heavily subsidized health insurance through Covered California. -
About 500,000 California health care workers were expected to see pay increases under a law that set a new minimum wage for their industry. Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to delay the pay bumps until the state budget has a stronger outlook. -
The federal government suspended an annual Medicaid renewal requirement during COVID-19. Now that it has resumed, many Californians are losing coverage for 鈥減rocedural reasons.鈥� -
All but two California counties are delaying their implementation of a new law that makes it easier for a court to place someone in involuntary confinement if they can鈥檛 care for their own medical needs or personal safety.
