California Healthline

Covered California and Medi-Cal share a computer system for eligibility and enrollment. Nearly a decade since the Affordable Care Act expanded coverage options in the state, enrollees can be diverted to the wrong program — or dropped altogether — if erroneous information gets into the system.

In the Inland Empire, where many residents have diabetes, one health plan is diving into the experiment by delivering healthy, prepared meals to those lucky enough to get them.

Even in deep-blue California, Democratic lawmakers pulled their proposed COVID vaccine requirements before they had a vote. The lawmakers blamed the ebbs and flows of the virus, the public’s short attention span, and opposition from public safety unions.

A COVID outbreak on a field trip. Another at prom. Yet administrators are reluctant to expose their schools to legal challenges by again requiring masks for students and staffers. That leaves parents fretful and confused.

Tulare County officials hope the region will soon be a testing ground for a new generation of technology in a centuries-old war: Human vs. Mosquito.

While federal funding has run out, California is relying on other state and local programs to continue free testing.

A controversial proposal to grant HMO giant Kaiser Permanente a no-bid statewide Medi-Cal contract is opposed by a coalition of counties, competing health plans, community clinics, and a labor union.

Across Los Angeles County, few people are showing up at COVID vaccination drives even though nearly 2 million residents remain unvaccinated.

The backroom deal with politically connected Kaiser Permanente, which infuriated other Medi-Cal health plans, allows the health care giant to continue selecting the enrollees it wants.

Ongoing safety protocols at nursing homes — including visitor restrictions and frequent testing of staff and residents — can be soul-killing.

An STI epidemic has raged nearly unchecked as public health departments have focused on COVID-19.

The number of homicide victims in California jumped 27% from 2019 to 2020, to about 2,300, marking the largest year-over-year increase in three decades, according to the state's preliminary death certificate data.