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health

Medicaid cuts stand to hit everyone (yes, even you). Here’s why

By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | August 7, 2026
Medi-Cal cuts will strain hospitals already operating at a loss, resulting in fewer services and higher costs for the privately insured too.
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California nearly achieved universal healthcare. Now, millions are losing coverage

By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | August 4, 2026
Two years ago, nearly every person in California qualified for health insurance, pushing the state’s insured rate to a record 95%. Now that progress is unravelling.
Elections

California unions, hospitals strike deal — but billionaire tax heads to ballot

By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | June 25, 2026
The one-time tax on billionaires could potentially reshape how California funds healthcare. 
California

California union’s billionaire tax qualifies for ballot amid fierce opposition

By Kristen Hwang | June 18, 2026
The governor is reportedly trying to negotiate a last-minute deal that would pull the initiative before the ballot is finalized on June 25.
health

Can medical malpractice lawsuits protect LGBTQ youth from conversion therapy? This California lawmaker thinks so

By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | April 13, 2026
Medical and mental health organizations condemn conversion therapy, which is rooted in the now-debunked theory that homosexuality is a mental illness.
health

Measles is back in California. Health departments are fighting it with less.

By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | March 2, 2026
Battling outbreaks as federal funding cuts gut local health departments and vaccine skepticism fuels spread among unvaccinated children.
health

Kaiser strike hits fourth week as 31,000 workers demand higher pay and better staffing

By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | February 16, 2026
Striking workers with one of Kaiser's largest unions have never before walked off the job.
California

California gives Planned Parenthood $140 million boost to keep clinics open

By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | October 24, 2025
And still financial troubles loom.
Education

Newsom signs first-in-nation law to ban ultraprocessed food in school lunches 

By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | October 9, 2025
Officials will decide which additives, dyes, and other forms of processing don’t belong in school meals and K-12 cafeterias.
health

As RFK pushes MAHA, federal cuts shut down California health and nutrition programs

By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | September 15, 2025
Whether federal cuts are legal is still undecided, but local health departments have already made moves to scale back.
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