Voters have approved Proposition 35, a ballot measure that aims to increase funding for Medi-Cal services relied on by millions in the state. The measure makes permanent a tax on certain managed ...

Proposition 34 would also permanently authorize the state to implement Medi-Cal Rx program. [1] Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) first established the program in January 2019 via executive order. Who would the ...

Renée C. Byer rbyer@sacbee.com The most expensive measure before voters this November is a health care industry-funded proposal claiming to strengthen Medi-Cal, California’s largest public ...

California Proposition 35 would require the state to use money from a tax on health insurance plans towards payments to doctors who serve Medi-Cal patients. Over the last few years, the state has ...

One of the state ballot measures, Proposition 35, would make a statewide tax on health insurance plans permanent to increase funding for Medi-Cal services. If passed, Prop 35 would make a tax on ...

John Baackes, who steered Medi-Cal’s largest health plan following the Affordable Care Act expansion, and later prepared it for a state overhaul of Medi-Cal, will retire after this year. Baackes ...