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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters California’s poverty rate climbed in the first quarter of 2023, the latest quarter measured by the Public Policy Institute of California. Poverty increased from 11.7% in 2021 to 13.2%, the institute said, with 5 million people living in poverty. Safety net programs played a major role...
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Shreya Agrawal CalMatters Decenas de miles de californianos están perdiendo su seguro médico cada mes a medida que el estado reanuda la verificación de la elegibilidad de las personas para Medi-Cal, que suspendió durante la emergencia de salud pública de COVID-19. Se evaluará la elegibilidad de alrededor de 16...
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Shreya Agrawal CalMatters Tens of thousands of Californians are losing health insurance every month as the state resumes checking people’s eligibility for Medi-Cal, which it suspended during the COVID-19 public health emergency. About 16 million people in California will be evaluated for eligibility from June 2023 to May 2024....
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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services Between June 2023 and May 2024, 15.5 million Medi-Cal enrollees — one-third of all Californians — will have their eligibility redetermined as part of the “great unwinding” of Medicaid enrollees underway nationwide. At a briefing held by EMS and California Black Media, state health...
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Marisa Kendall CalMatters Losing income is the No. 1 reason Californians end up homeless – and the vast majority of them say a subsidy of as little as $300 a month could have kept them off the streets. That’s according to a new study out of UC San Francisco...
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Kristen Hwang CalMatters Medication abortion is still legal in California and across the U.S. A preliminary U.S. Supreme Court order on Friday April 21 preserves the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s two-decade-old approval of the abortion pill mifepristone until the full merits of the case are heard by the...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters Thousands of adult Californians without a high school diploma want to take college classes. Unfortunately, those classes aren’t free, and the lack of a high school diploma cuts off access to most financial aid. The good news is, there’s a fix. The bad news is most...
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El DMV alienta a todos los californianos a considerar obtener una licencia de conducir o tarjeta de identificación REAL ID ahora. El día de cumplimiento federal del 7 de mayo de 2025, requiere una REAL ID para abordar vuelos dentro de los Estados Unidos y acceder a instalaciones federales...
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The DMV is encouraging all Californians to consider getting a REAL ID driver’s license or identification card now. The federal enforcement day of May 7, 2025, requires a REAL ID to board flights within the United States and access secure federal facilities not having a REAL ID will need...