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The healthcare industry's future looks promising, thanks to the growing medical needs and technological improvements. Also, due to inelastic demand for their products and services, healthcare stocks tend to perform relatively well regardless of the economic situation. Therefore, investors could consider buying fundamentally stable medical stocks Centene (CNC), Cardinal Health…

LOS ANGELES — Fewer people have gotten crucial medication for hepatitis C under Medi-Cal in recent years, troubling advocates who have pushed to expand the lifesaving treatment.

With rising global medical requirements and continuous technological advancements, the healthcare industry is poised to remain buoyed in the near term. Therefore, quality medical stocks Abbott Laboratories (ABT) and Varex Imaging (VREX) might be solid buys before January ends. However, avoiding fundamentally weak stock SmileDirectClub (SDC) could be wise. Read…

A year after the state crafted the first ever food assistance program for undocumented immigrants, the 2023 budget puts it on hold.

LOS ANGELES — In the emergency department at MLK Community Hospital, masked patients lay in wheeled stretchers lining the hallways.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Donald Trump often denied that he watched CNN, but Gavin Newsom readily admits he's a regular Fox News viewer.

The Medi-Cal program aims to address health disparities in California, but it is riddled with issues

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Four years ago, Gavin Newsom delivered an election-night acceptance speech that promised to make California "a place of opportunity, safety and affordability for everyone," ending a gubernatorial campaign stuffed with audacious policy goals.

SAN DIEGO — "Anybody home?" physician assistant Teagan Flint asks outside a tent on F Street in downtown San Diego.

LOS ANGELES — It wasn’t exactly an emergency, but Michael Reed, a security guard who lives in Watts, had back pain and ran out of his blood pressure medication. Unsure where else to turn, he went to his local emergency room for a refill.

Almost 2 million of California’s poorest and most medically fragile residents may have to switch health insurers as a result of a new strategy by the state to improve care in its Medicaid program.