California health care faced major cuts in 2025 as federal Medicaid funding dropped and ACA subsidies stalled, threatening ...

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The federal budget bill President Donald Trump signed into law in July is creating uncertainty for states trying to rein in health care spending. In California, a lawsuit by the hospital industry ...

California hospitals filed a lawsuit against a state health regulator Wednesday, seeking to block rules meant to keep consumer health care costs from growing too quickly. The state Office of Health ...

The Trump administration is launching Medicaid spending probes targeting California’s $12.4 billion immigrant healthcare program and five other Democratic-led states. The Centers for Medicare and ...

The California Legislature established OHCA in 2022 in its state budget package. OHCA is responsible for collecting, analyzing and reporting data on health care expenses, developing policies for ...

As a children’s emergency room doctor in San Francisco, Ashley Foster has found herself treating an increasing number of adolescents for substance abuse, anxiety, depression and other behavioral ...

The California Hospital Association (CHA) is suing the state’s Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) over its spending caps. The CHA filed a lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court on Wednesday, ...