Dan Morain

California Prisons Are COVID Hotbeds Despite Billions Spent On Inmate Health

KFF Health News Original

At $3.6 billion a year, California spends more on prison health care than other states spend to run their entire prison systems. But despite the spending, and federal court oversight, prisons across California are struggling to contain deadly outbreaks of COVID-19.

Keeping The COVID Plague At Bay: How California Is Protecting Older Veterans

KFF Health News Original

Even as COVID-19 has ravaged nursing homes around the country, California has managed to keep the virus at bay at its eight state-run homes for frail and older veterans. What exactly went right?