Health Care

An error involving the state’s automated system for Medi-Cal renewals triggered at least some of the drops in coverage, despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s orders that recipients remain on the rolls during the coronavirus crisis.

California’s half-century-old involuntary mental health treatment law isn’t broken, but much of the system meant to serve those with serious mental illness is, state auditors concluded in a much-anticipated report released today. Some critics have called for rewriting state law to make it easier to force people into involuntary treatment, particularly by expanding the state’s […]

All health care providers must do more to address the disparities in health outcomes and life expectancy based on race that exist in our health care system.

Interns, resident physicians and fellows in the University of California system are seeking due process protections through Assembly Bill 2114.

To protect Californians from rising health care costs, the state needs to strengthen price transparency and price competition.

The state announced a new tiered system that gives testing priority to patients hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms, and those linked to outbreaks.

Las pruebas del coronavirus en California han sido un desafío desde el primer día, y se espera que el Gob. Gavin Newsom anuncie una nueva estrategia para las pruebas pronto.

As our country wrestles with serious issues, it has never been more urgent for business and economic leaders to move beyond platitudes on mental health.

Lea este artículo en español. Updated June 22, 2020 Climbing over the past week, California’s numbers for statewide coronavirus-related hospitalizations this weekend exceeded the record levels set in late April, CalMatters’ hospital data tracker shows.  The tracker, which pulls from state data, shows that on Sunday, 3,702 patients who’ve tested positive for the novel coronavirus were […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers to kneel at Capitol. Education officials release school-reopening guidelines. Budget fight over cuts for doctors.