Judy Lin

For some context, Medi-Cal does support the homeless with temporary rent, offer meal deliveries to keep people out of expensive health care institutions, and help some health providers with their student loans for caring for the poor.

Just In: CA Legislative Analyst's Office releases initial response to Gov. Newsom's final proposed state spending plan. @LAO_CA says California's structural money problem is officially here and the state is "ill-prepared" if revenues slip: lao.ca.gov/Publications/R…

Hospital spending is the biggest driver of health care spending growth, and hospital price increases are a big part of that -- specifically, the hospital prices paid by private insurers, employers, and insured patients.

Top-polling Democrats are declaring their support for a government-run health care system but providing few details about how they’d accomplish it. @cmaiduc @KFFHealthNews kffhealthnews.org/health-care-co…

And how @XavierBecerra made an early pledge to be California's next "health care governor." kffhealthnews.org/aging/californ…

Amid the gubernatorial debate on single-payer, it's worth remembering what the self-dubbed "health care governor" said...and ended up doing. kffhealthnews.org/insurance/gavi… @ahartreports @KFFHealthNews

Our new tracking poll shows that MAHA voters across partisans identify lowering the cost of health care as their top health priority — more than other issues that are more closely associated with the movement. Get the details: on.kff.org/4upqe0q

Hospitals and patient advocates are looking to state lawmakers and local officials to help shore up shaky finances. CA Assembly member Esmeralda Soria is pushing to expand a 2023 distressed hospital loan fund. @BernardWolfson @KFFHealthNews laist.com/brief/news/hea…

A truck loaded with thousands of copies of Roget's Thesaurus spilled its load leaving New York. Witnesses were stunned, startled, aghast, stupefied, confused, shocked, rattled, paralyzed, dazed, bewildered, surprised, dumbfounded, flabbergasted, confounded, astonished, and numbed.

EXCLUSIVE: @DrOzCMS shared letters with Fox News Digital he just sent to governors nationwide demanding action on Medicaid fraud — giving states 10 days to respond or face increased federal scrutiny. The letters call for a “swift revalidation” of high-risk providers, warning billions in taxpayer dollars are lost each year — with a focus on vulnerable categories, including some without NPIs. 👇

Moving through the California Senate are two bills, informed by @KFFHealthNews' @reporteratlarge reporting, that would strengthen protections for detained patients brought to hospitals by ICE. SB915 by @SenatorMenjivar and SB1323 by @SusanRubioCA kffhealthnews.org/health-industr…

Read this piece by @RosenthalHealth to the end. theatlantic.com/health/2026/04…

At a moment when there's a lot of political attention around affordability, rising health care costs are a growing concern for many Americans. That's especially true for anyone worried about affording insurance premiums, after an expansion of subsidies for the Affordable Care Act expired. But they're not the only ones struggling with this. @TheStephSy speaks to @larry_levitt for more.

UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate. ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs. Here’s what we found. propublica.org/article/united…

The latest episode of The Pitt shows how people fall through the cracks. A mom works as a hair stylist with unpredictable income and misses the Medicaid renewal notice when they changed apartments. Her teenaged son ends up in the ER because they couldn't afford his asthma drug.

Medi-Cal immigrant enrollment is dropping. Researchers point to Trump’s policies latimes.com/science/story/…

Immigrant Seniors Lose Medicare Coverage Despite Paying for It kffhealthnews.org/MjE3MjAyMg via @kffhealthnews @el_timpano @nprnews

Read more of this great story by @reporteratlarge @renurayasam @AmandaSeitz @KFFHealthNews cnn.com/2026/03/24/hea…

Prior to leaving DHS last month, Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the administration protects children from being released to people who shouldn’t care for them. Andrew Nixon, an HHS spokesperson, referred questions related to immigration enforcement to DHS.

A @KFFHealthNews investigation found the Trump administration is using migrant children held by the HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement to lure their parents, whether or not they have a criminal record.