/tags/medi-cal Medi-Cal en-US Copyright Thu, 10 Oct 2024 13:48:24 GMT /health-and-medicine/2024-10-10/this-california-ballot-measure-promises-money-for-health-care-its-critics-warn-it-could-backfire Prop. 35 would take an existing tax on health insurance plans and use the money to increase payment to doctors and other providers who see Medi-Cal patients. Its supporters have raised $50 million, drawing from groups representing hospitals, doctors and insurers. Thu, 10 Oct 2024 13:48:24 GMT /health-and-medicine/2024-10-10/this-california-ballot-measure-promises-money-for-health-care-its-critics-warn-it-could-backfire Kristen Hwang /politics-government/2024-07-01/california-voters-will-decide-who-wins-on-health-care-tax-gavin-newsom-or-doctors The health care industry put a measure on the November ballot that would raise more money for Medi-Cal and block lawmakers from spending it on general government services. Billions of dollars are on the line. Mon, 01 Jul 2024 13:53:29 GMT /politics-government/2024-07-01/california-voters-will-decide-who-wins-on-health-care-tax-gavin-newsom-or-doctors Kristen Hwang /health-and-medicine/2023-12-19/they-told-me-i-have-no-coverage-californians-surprised-by-loss-of-medi-cal-insurance The federal government suspended an annual Medicaid renewal requirement during COVID-19. Now that it has resumed, many Californians are losing coverage for “procedural reasons.” Tue, 19 Dec 2023 13:54:31 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-12-19/they-told-me-i-have-no-coverage-californians-surprised-by-loss-of-medi-cal-insurance Ana B. Ibarra /2023-12-05/some-children-on-medi-cal-have-to-wait-weeks-months-for-mental-health-care-state-audit-shows Children on Medi-Cal, California’s insurance program for its poorest residents, might wait months for urgent psychiatric care, according to an audit released last week. Tue, 05 Dec 2023 22:39:27 GMT /2023-12-05/some-children-on-medi-cal-have-to-wait-weeks-months-for-mental-health-care-state-audit-shows Kate Wolffe / CapRadio /health-and-medicine/2023-08-10/just-what-the-doctor-ordered-in-california-a-prescription-could-pay-for-your-fresh-produce Medi-Cal and other programs are testing food prescriptions that advocates say could improve chronic conditions, lower health care costs and reduce hunger. Thu, 10 Aug 2023 13:48:13 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-08-10/just-what-the-doctor-ordered-in-california-a-prescription-could-pay-for-your-fresh-produce Rya Jetha /health-and-medicine/2023-07-21/more-than-220k-people-kicked-off-medi-cal-in-its-first-checkup-since-covid Many of the people who lost Medi-Cal are likely still eligible for health care coverage if they can get their paperwork to county offices in the next 90 days. Sat, 22 Jul 2023 01:06:49 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-07-21/more-than-220k-people-kicked-off-medi-cal-in-its-first-checkup-since-covid Ana B. Ibarra /health-and-medicine/2023-07-10/medi-cals-fragmented-system-can-make-moving-a-nightmare Medi-Cal is a statewide program, but it is administered by the counties, which have separate government bureaucracies and different approaches to care. Tue, 11 Jul 2023 00:51:07 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-07-10/medi-cals-fragmented-system-can-make-moving-a-nightmare Bernard J. Wolfson/KHN /health-and-medicine/2023-07-09/why-mental-health-providers-say-medi-cals-latest-reform-may-force-them-to-cut-services Medi-Cal is changing how it pays mental health providers. Many of those providers say they may no longer be able to afford peer support specialists, home visits and other services. Sun, 09 Jul 2023 13:58:57 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-07-09/why-mental-health-providers-say-medi-cals-latest-reform-may-force-them-to-cut-services Kristen Hwang /health-and-medicine/2023-07-06/why-california-single-payer-advocates-are-split-on-how-to-overhaul-health-care Two proposals that would usher in single-payer health care have divided former allies in the fight for reform. Thu, 06 Jul 2023 13:28:22 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-07-06/why-california-single-payer-advocates-are-split-on-how-to-overhaul-health-care Ana B. Ibarra /health-and-medicine/2023-06-05/health-care-coalition-jockeys-over-medi-cal-spending-eyes-ballot-initiative California Healthline has learned that a coalition of doctors, hospitals, insurers, and community clinics want to lock in a tax on health insurance companies to draw in extra Medicaid funding. It also wants to make the tax permanent. Mon, 05 Jun 2023 21:41:50 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-06-05/health-care-coalition-jockeys-over-medi-cal-spending-eyes-ballot-initiative Angela Hart / Kaiser Health News, Samantha Young / KHN