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Can Gov. Gavin Newsom use Medi-Cal funding to balance California’s budget?
Proposition 35 was meant to attract doctors to care for low-income Californians. Instead, the state is looking to use that ...
Gavin Newsom proposes $2,000 asset eligibility test to control soaring state Medi-Cal costs
Gavin Newsom's budget proposal includes reinstating an asset test for Medi-Cal to address rising costs with the program for ...
Gavin Newsom shifted to the center. Some Democratic lawmakers feel left behind
As Newsom soul searches, California’s diversity caucuses, such as the Latino Caucus and LGBTQ Caucus, are navigating next ...
Gov. Newsom proposes 'asset test' for low-income and disabled Medi-Cal applicants. What does that mean?
Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing reinstating an 'asset test' that would narrow eligibility for low-income seniors and adults ...
Democrats push back on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed Medi-Cal changes for undocumented immigrants
An enrollment freeze and other possible changes to health care coverage for undocumented immigrants through the state’s ...
Daily Breeze7hOpinion
Newsom finally starts tackling Medi-Cal cuts
One can make a reasonable case for a higher asset limit, but removing it opened the system to abuse. This is a safety-net ...
PolitiFact18d
Newsom championed Medicaid for immigrants in California illegally. Now he wants to cut it back
Newsom has long supported providing affordable health care to Californians regardless of their immigration status. His May budget proposal blocks access beginning in 2026 to new Medi-Cal enrollees who ...
Fox News3d
Gavin Newsom proposes $2,000 asset eligibility test to control soaring state Medi-Cal costs
Gavin Newsom is proposing an "asset test" for seniors to prove eligibility for Medi-Cal healthcare benefits ... and the implementation of major policy changes such as the full elimination of ...
Sacramento Bee5d
Gavin Newsom shifted to the center. Some Democratic lawmakers feel left behind
Gavin Newsom. During two recent news conferences ... The Latino caucus is putting up a united front against Newsom’s proposed changes to Medi-Cal. During a news conference days after Newsom ...