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Opinion: California Has a Solution to Fix Medi-Cal.
Here’s the Missing Piece

California created one of the most innovative Medicaid programs in the country. Then it ran into the same wall every state runs into — the doctors.

CalAIM at 5: Real Progress, Real Pressure

What happens when Medi-Cal can pay to help an enrollee find an apartment, install a wheelchair ramp, or provide healthy meals? For hundreds of thousands of Californians with low incomes, the answer is a healthier, more stable life.

As GOP Cries Fraud, Newsom Backs Medicaid Spending on Housing and Food

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana is taking aim at California’s Medicaid program for providing housing assistance, food, and other social services to high-need, low-income patients who tend to rack up big healthcare costs and, he argued, strain taxpayer funds.

Trump’s Medicaid work mandate could kick thousands of homeless Californians off coverage

A majority of California’s roughly 180,000 people experiencing homelessness have health insurance through Medi-Cal. Providers predict that many will lose insurance under President Donald Trump’s upcoming work mandates even if they qualify for exemptions.

As GOP Cries Fraud, Newsom Backs Medicaid Spending on Housing and Food

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana is taking aim at California’s Medicaid program for providing housing assistance, food, and other social services to high-need, low-income patients who tend to rack up big healthcare costs and, he argued, strain taxpayer funds.

Trump’s Medicaid work mandate could kick thousands of homeless Californians off coverage

A majority of California’s roughly 180,000 people experiencing homelessness have health insurance through Medi-Cal. Providers predict that many will lose insurance under President Donald Trump’s upcoming work mandates even if they qualify for exemptions.