Medi-Cal

Our work in Medi-Cal strengthens the health care safety net serving over 15 million Californians. We support initiatives to improve access, quality, and equity within the program, advance whole-person care approaches, enhance provider networks, and ensure that California’s most vulnerable populations receive comprehensive, coordinated services.

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Medicaid Is One of America’s Strongest Economic Engines. Why Don’t We Treat It That Way?

When most people think of Medicaid, they think of  a public health insurance program for low-income families, older adults, children, and people with disabilities. But that’s only part of the story.

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Medi-Cal Waivers and State Plan Amendments

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Medi-Cal and Seniors — Policy at a Glance

Older Adults

Medi-Cal and the Federal Government — Policy at a Glance

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CalAIM Explained: Overview of New Programs and Key Changes

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Illustration of members of a community coming and going from a hospital. A female doctor has a conversation with a woman in the foreground.
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Medicaid Is One of America’s Strongest Economic Engines. Why Don’t We Treat It That Way?

When most people think of Medicaid, they think of  a public health insurance program for low-income families, older adults, children, and people with disabilities. But that’s only part of the story.

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Federal Medicaid Cuts Would Devastate Health Care Systems in California’s Vast Rural North

The cuts would disrupt the fragile health care system in a congressional district covering a 27,000-square-mile, sparsely populated region.

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From the Sierra Nevada to Death Valley, Rural Californians Fear Medi-Cal Cuts

Worried Medi-Cal providers and enrollees say cuts will disrupt hospitals and hurt families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities.

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Elaine Berg lives in Bakersfield with her son Alpha Omega "Poppy" Stewart, right, who has Down syndrome. Both are Medi-Cal enrollees. Stewart's friend since high school, Daniel Montes, is at left.
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Kern, Tulare Counties Brace for Crisis Caused by Possible Medi-Cal Cuts

“It is gut-wrenching, infuriating, and deeply alarming” to consider what will happen if Medi-Cal cuts go through, said a Bakersfield doctor.

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