This story was produced by El Tímpano, a bilingual nonprofit news outlet that amplifies the voices of Latino and Mayan immigrants in Oakland and the wider Bay Area. The original version of the story ...

California this year took the final step in opening Medi-Cal, its Medicaid program, to every eligible resident regardless of immigration status. It’s a significant expansion for an already massive ...

An expert Q&A on Medi-Cal, which is California’s version of Medicaid, and other special needs planning considerations for California residents. When planning for individuals with disabilities, it is ...

Tahira Ali supports people as they navigate the joys and trials of pregnancy — from giving birth to postpartum, and everything in between. Listen 3:48 Medi-Cal added doulas as a benefit in 2023. Many ...

California’s Medicaid program has borrowed $3.4 billion from the state’s general fund — and will likely need even more — to cover ballooning health expenses for 15 million residents with low incomes ...

California’s Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, provides health care coverage for about 15 million children and adults with low incomes or disabilities. About 1.6 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally are ...

TURLOCK, Calif. — For much of his young life, Jorge Sanchez regularly gasped for air, at times coughing so violently that he'd almost throw up. His mother whisked him to the emergency room late at ...

That’s on top of a $3.4 billion loan that the administration told lawmakers last week it needed to make “critical” payments for Medi-Cal, the state-federal health insurance program for low-income ...