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Medi-Cal coverage of weight loss drugs on chopping block under governor’s proposal
Weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy would no longer be covered by California’s health insurance for low-income people under ...
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Newsom Suddenly U-Turns On Free Healthcare For Illegal Migrants
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom reportedly wants to revise a program giving taxpayer-funded healthcare to illegal ...
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Innovative Medi-Cal Expansion Threatened by Budget and Trump Pressures
Gov. Newsom walks back signature program that provided medical safety net to 1.6 million undocumented immigrants.
Newsom Proposes Scaling Back Health Care for Undocumented Immigrants in California
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to charge monthly premiums for undocumented immigrants and stop adding new enrollees to the program ...
Newsom calls for walking back free healthcare for eligible undocumented immigrants
Gov. Gavin Newsom's office said his spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year will call for requiring all undocumented ...
Gov. Newsom pushes to keep health care for undocumented residents, but with new rules
In his state budget presentation later this morning, the governor will push for the new limits on the program his office ...
California Governor Newsom seeks to scale back free healthcare for migrants
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday announced a budget proposal to scale back a free healthcare program for ...
Prison closure, Ozempic limit, cap-and-what? 5 takeaways from Gavin Newsom’s budget
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday outlined his administration’s latest version of the 2025-26 budget plan, better known as the ...
California lawmaker leans into her medical training in fight for health safety net: Q&A
State Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson anticipates that California's sprawling Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal, may need to be ...