Benefits and Support

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1420+ words) In March 2025, when California ran out of Medicaid funds to pay doctors and hospitals, the state borrowed $3.4 billion to keep the program afloat. It was, as a spokesperson for Gov. Gavin Newsom insisted, nothing new. Indeed, a handful of times…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (402+ words) President Trump is promising seniors $90 to help pay for Medicare premiums. President Donald Trump is promising more payments to voters just ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections — this time, to more than 20 million seniors, giving them $90 each to help pay…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (293+ words) The changes stem from H.R. 1, a federal law that changes how the government classifies some immigration statuses and determines whether certain adults qualify for federally funded, full-scope Medi-Cal, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services. Certain Cuban…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (469+ words) Dave Regan, the architect of a proposition known as the “billionaire tax,” discusses the controversial measure that’s received national attention. California voters will decide in November whether to pass Proposition 40, the so-called California Billionaire Tax Act, which would impose a…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (327+ words) Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a package of bills that he says are intended to build on California’s record of protecting reproductive rights and expanding access to care. One of the measures, sponsored by Assemblymember Catherine Stefani (D-San Francisco), increases…...