Michelle Faust Raghavan

While Trump's budget would mean a big hit for Medi-Cal, Gov. Brown won't respond until the Senate and House work out their differences over an Obamacare replacement.

It's unclear how California will cover the entire price tag for the state's health care, if the state takes responsibility for covering every resident.

A plan to bring single-payer health care to California moves one step closer Monday as a bill goes before the state Senate appropriations committee.

Self-employed Californians have higher uninsurance rates than other workers, but an analysis released Thursday shows that improved under the Affordable Care Act.

The county wants to be prepared for potential health care changes. Under consideration: bringing back a retired health policy adviser to help write an Obamacare contingency plan.

State senators and doctors had called on Gov. Brown to restore $33 million dollars in funding for medical residencies in areas with significant physician shortages.

Groups representing California's doctors and dentists say Gov. Brown is supposed to use the money to increase Medi-Cal providers' low reimbursement rates.

Liberal activists gathered at the congressman's Santa Clarita office to denounce his vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

The House GOP bill encourages states to create high-risk pools for the sickest people. California did not have a good experience with its own high-risk pool. Costs were high, benefits were restricted, and some died waiting to get accepted.

Amid ongoing uncertainty over Obamacare's fate, California's insurance regulators allowed insurers to submit two sets of proposed 2018 premiums, rather than one.

Hospitals have been using computer alerts on doctors' computers in an attempt to cut down on unnecessary treatments. Cedars-Sinai is trying to refine the strategy.

The agency's head says failure to enforce the individual mandate and withholding of cost-sharing subsidies could drive up premiums significantly.