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Samuel Buckles, an older man, sits on the ground outside with his dog in his lap. The small black dog reaches up to lick Buckles' face. Behind them is a green tent, where Buckles resides.

California Gov. Newsom Wants Voters to Approve Billions More to Help the Homeless. Will It Help?

By Angela Hart February 26, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A March 5 ballot initiative seeks $6.4 billion to build thousands of new housing units and provide mental health treatment for homeless people — on top of the billions already being spent to address the public health crisis. Despite significant support from health and law enforcement officials, many front-line workers are skeptical that more money is the answer.

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¿Ofrecer vivienda gratis es atención médica? Programas de Medicaid dicen que sí

By Angela Hart February 12, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Estados están invirtiendo miles de millones de dólares en un experimento de atención médica de alto riesgo: utilizar fondos ya escasos de seguros de salud públicos para proporcionar vivienda a los estadounidenses más pobres y enfermos.

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Is Housing Health Care? State Medicaid Programs Increasingly Say ‘Yes’

By Angela Hart February 6, 2024 KFF Health News Original

States are using their Medicaid programs to offer poor and sick people housing services, such as paying six months’ rent or helping hunt for apartments. The trend comes in response to a growing homelessness epidemic, but experts caution this may not be the best use of limited health care money.

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California’s Ambitious Medicaid Experiment Gets Tripped Up in Implementation

By Angela Hart December 5, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The health care insurers, nonprofit organizations, and other groups responsible for implementing Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ambitious plan to infuse Medicaid with social services say their ability to serve vulnerable, low-income Californians is hamstrung.

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Luego de prometer atención médica universal, el gobernador de California debe reconsiderar la cobertura para inmigrantes

By Angela Hart and Christine Mai-Duc May 13, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Gavin Newsom enfrenta otra crisis sanitaria en el estado, que pone en riesgo la cobertura de salud para las personas sin papeles. Expertos opinan sobre las potenciales reducciones.

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After Promising Universal Health Care, California Governor Must Reconsider Immigrant Coverage

By Angela Hart and Christine Mai-Duc May 13, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Gov. Gavin Newsom was elected to office in 2019 on a promise of universal health care. He dramatically expanded coverage, but after six years, the Democrat is forced to contemplate deep cuts — including to the nation’s largest health care expansion to immigrants living in the U.S. without legal permission.

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Watch: Big Medicaid Changes in California Leave Millions of Patients Behind

December 7, 2022 KFF Health News Original

KHN senior correspondent Angela Hart discusses how California’s big Medicaid experiment to bring social services to the sickest and costliest patients doesn’t help most patients.

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Journalists Delve Into Insulin Costs and Prior Authorization Policy

March 25, 2023 KFF Health News Original

KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

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June Voros is sitting on a couch in her home. Her hands are placed on her knees and she looks towards the camera.

Beyond Insulin: Medi-Cal Expands Patient Access to Diabetes Supplies

By Angela Hart November 17, 2023 KFF Health News Original

California’s Medicaid program is making it easier for people with diabetes to obtain the supplies and equipment they need to manage their blood sugar, partly by relaxing preauthorization requirements that can cause life-threatening delays.

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Street Medicine Practitioners Are Getting Paid. Now They Want Higher Rates.

By Angela Hart October 31, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Street medicine, the practice of caring for homeless people outdoors, is a burgeoning field — an unfortunate reality as America confronts a growing homelessness epidemic. But it’s at least become a little more rewarding after the Biden administration made an under-the-radar yet revolutionary change to Medicaid. Starting this month, doctors, nurses and other providers can bill […]

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Health Care ‘Game-Changer’? Feds Boost Care for Homeless Americans

By Angela Hart October 19, 2023 KFF Health News Original

This month, the federal government started paying for treatments delivered outside hospitals and clinics, expanding funding for “street medicine” teams that treat homeless patients. California led the way on the change, which could help sick and vulnerable patients get healthy, sober, and, in some cases, into housing.

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Pregnant and Addicted: Homeless Women See Hope in Street Medicine

By Angela Hart October 18, 2023 KFF Health News Original

As homelessness explodes across California, so does the number of expectant mothers on the streets. Street medicine doctors are getting paid more by Medicaid and offering some of those mothers-to-be a chance to overcome addiction and reverse chronic diseases so they can have healthy babies — and perhaps keep them.

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Health Care Is Newsom’s Biggest Unfinished Project. Trump Complicates That Task.

By Angela Hart and Christine Mai-Duc January 7, 2025 KFF Health News Original

As Gov. Gavin Newsom enters the second half of his final term, health care stands out as his most ambitious but glaringly incomplete initiative for California residents. The issue will likely shape his national profile for better or worse. And now, Donald Trump brings a new wrinkle.

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California governor Gavin Newsom stands behind a blue and white sign that reads "$30 insulin by CalRx"

La salud, un proyecto inconcluso del gobernador de California

By Angela Hart and Christine Mai-Duc January 7, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Algunas de las iniciativas emblemáticas de Newsom en materia de salud, que podrían definir su perfil en el escenario nacional, están en peligro con el regreso de Donald Trump a la Casa Blanca.

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Trump Administration Investigates Medicaid Spending on Immigrants in Blue States

By Angela Hart and Devi Shastri, The Associated Press September 5, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is hunting for Medicaid waste, fraud, and abuse in at least six Democratic-led states that expanded coverage to low-income and disabled immigrants without legal status, according to records obtained by KFF Health News and The Associated Press.

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La administración Trump investiga el gasto de estados demócratas en Medicaid para inmigrantes

By Angela Hart and Devi Shastri, The Associated Press September 5, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Estos estados brindan cobertura médica integral a inmigrantes pobres y con discapacidades que viven en el país sin estatus migratorio permanente.

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Watch: The Politics of Health Care in California

December 2, 2022 KFF Health News Original

KHN senior correspondent Angela Hart discussed the most pressing health care issues in California with the nonpartisan group Democracy Winters in mid-November, touching on a variety of issues, from the state’s effort to transform its Medicaid program to its plan to produce generic insulin.

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Covered California reducirá los costos de los pacientes cuando los demócratas obtengan fondos de Newsom

By Angela Hart July 27, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Los líderes legislativos habían presionado a Newsom, también demócrata, para que canalizara los ingresos fiscales hacia la reducción de los costos de la atención sanitaria.

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Covered California to Cut Patient Costs After Democratic Lawmakers Win Funding From Gov. Newsom

By Angela Hart July 27, 2023 KFF Health News Original

California’s health insurance exchange will reduce how much some patients pay for care next year, including hospital deductibles, appointment copays, and prescription drugs. Lawmakers pressed Gov. Gavin Newsom to make good on a four-year-old pledge to use proceeds from a tax penalty on uninsured people to help people pay for treatment.

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Heat Protections for California Workers Are in Limbo After Newsom Abandons Rules

By Angela Hart and Samantha Young April 3, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Proposed rules to protect millions of workers from potentially dangerous heat inside workplaces are dead after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration refused to sign off. Labor advocates and state regulators are calling for emergency regulations before temperatures soar this summer.

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