Maurice Clark is homeless on the streets of Las Vegas. He took a survey that should help him get into housing, but he’s waiting. (Angela Hart/KFF Health News) LAS VEGAS — Maurice Clark huddled in his ...

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 ...

Disability rights advocates sued Tuesday to overturn California’s physician-assisted death law, arguing that recent changes make it too easy for people with terminal diseases whose deaths aren’t ...

Aniya was ready to leave. She was dressed in a fuzzy white onesie her mother had packed for her first trip home. Yet Aniya’s family had more questions than answers as they cradled the newborn out of ...

SACRAMENTO — Medi-Cal, California’s complex, $174.6 billion Medicaid program, provides health insurance for nearly 15 million residents with low incomes and disabilities. The state enrolls twice as ...

John Baackes, CEO of L.A. Care, stands in front of a window overlooking downtown Los Angeles on the 10th floor of the organization’s headquarters. Baackes will retire in January after nearly half a ...

When patients walked into Planned Parenthood clinics, a consumer data company sold their precise locations to anti-abortion groups for targeted ads. This story also ran on San Francisco Chronicle. It ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference in Palo Alto, California, on March 2. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) SACRAMENTO — Gavin Newsom put California’s health care industry on notice when he ...

State Sen. Richard Pan listens as his bill banning personal belief exemptions for vaccines required for schoolchildren is passed at the California Capitol on June 25, 2015. (Liz Hafalia/The San ...

Spotlight illuminates the newsmakers and behind-the-scenes players who shape health care in California. Have a story suggestion? Let us know. Imagine identifying a toxin so potent it could rewire a ...

California doctors and state lawmakers are squaring off once again over the future of the Medical Board of California, which is responsible for licensing and disciplining doctors and has been ...

Quinn Coburn is a longtime meth user. The Grass Valley man is now getting sober in a new state program that pays amphetamine users to stay clean. “It saved me,” Coburn says on a bright afternoon in ...