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Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here . Inside a small gas station, surrounded by chips, candy, cigarettes, and lottery tickets, a group of public health graduate students waited as the cashier finished helping customers. When it was their turn, Debbie Kariuki and her fellow Brown University students stepped forward with their stacks of Medicaid flyers. Through a glass partition, they explained to the woman at the register that they were sharing information about changes to Medicaid that could affect people’s healthcare coverage. “There wasn’t actually much room for us to post flyers,” Kariuki told me. But the cashier was eager to help alert others in her South Providence, Rhode Island, neighborhood. She welcomed the English and Arabic flyers, clearing out space for them at the checkout counter. She also asked for additional flyers in Pashto. The Brown students are part of wide-ranging efforts to reach millions of people across the country who are affected by major changes to Medicaid that start for certain recipients in January. To keep or obtain Medicaid healthcare coverage, these people will be required to demonstrate they meet new work or “community engagement” requirements , and they will face more
Tuolumne County, CA—CAL FIRE TCU reports that residential debris burning can commence this weekend as long as you have a permit. Starting on Friday, November 6, 2026, at 8 a.m., a permit will be needed before burning yard waste in Tuolumne, Calaveras, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin counties. Burn day permits are free, obtainable online, and valid for one year. Burning is contingent on air quality, with safety measures including pile size limits and fire control protocols. The public must check the burn day status and follow safety guidelines to prevent fines and wildfires.
The Bay Area Air District voted Wednesday to delay its zero-emission water heater rule by a year, pushing the start date to January 2028. The air regulators also approved carveouts that Air District staff believe will exempt roughly half of Bay Area households from the rule, based on factors like income or technical constraints.
Hundreds of registered nurses represented by the Staff Nurses Association are set to resume contract negotiations with Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital this month. According to the Press Democrat, the two scheduled November bargaining sessions follow a two-day strike last week, which was authorized by 98 percent of the union’s membership.
Californians are so far in favor of increasing investment in health care research but against funding restrictions on community health care clinics, according to preliminary election results. As of Wednesday morning, more than 55% of Californians voted to pass Proposition 38 while 81.8% had voted against Proposition 44 — two ballot propositions that aimed to affect health-care spending in both research and care in California. If the results hold, Prop. 38 would create an $8.4 billion bond dedicated to researching various diseases related to immunology and immunotherapy with a focus on cancer, Alzheimer’s and heart disease. About half of the bond will go toward supporting an immunology research institute, while the other half would be dispersed in research grants to other institutions and nonprofits. The measure was authored by billionaire Gary K. Michelson, the co-founder the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, which is expected to benefit from the law's passage. He was also the biggest donor to the campaign. The institute became affiliated with UCLA in 2024 via a public-private partnership with the state and is the only institute eligible for half of the bond funding based on the criteria set out in the legislation, according to CalMatters .
California voters have rejected Proposition 44, which would have required community health clinics to spend a majority of their revenue on program services, AP projects.
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A ballot measure to establish term limits for El Camino Healthcare District’s board members appears headed for victory, with results showing an overwhelming majority of voters backing Measure S. Support for Measure S was leading with 91.42% (32,360 votes), according to returns released...
San Francisco hospitals are adapting emergency care for older adults, with specialized screening, social work and even music.
UnitedHealthcare is pulling its Medicare Advantage plans out of counties in Idaho, Colorado, Oklahoma and California for 2027, and Humana is leaving two Colorado counties. That is the picture in a MoneyGeek analysis of the federal plan listings for next year, updated Oct. 27. People in those counties who now have a plan have until […]
Jared Fine, DDS, has dedicated over 50 years of service to expanding access to dental care and promoting health equity for all. Throughout his career, Dr. Fine’s community-based prevention, public health education, cross-industry collaboration and public policy advocacy efforts have had a profound impact on populations across California. Five...
Medicaid applications filed on or after Jan. 1, 2027 can reach back only two months for most people 65 and older, down from three. Adults covered through Medicaid expansion get one month. The cut comes from Section 71112 of H.R. 1, Public Law 119-21, the 2025 budget law, and it changes how far back Medicaid... The post Medicaid will reach back only two months for people 65 and older starting in January, down from three, and only one month for adults on expansion coverage appeared first on The Financial Wire .
Covered California open enrollment starts Sunday, with higher premiums and major changes to subsidies and eligibility. Here’s what Californians need to know.
Advocates and officials in Alameda County say they need to revisit the county’s ICE-free zone policy after hospital staff released a man into the custody of immigration authorities without a warrant. At a special joint meeting this week with the Alameda Health System Board of Trustees, county supervisors called...
As mobile crisis response teams in Northern California de-escalate and stabilize thousands of people with mental health conditions every year, they’re meeting a financial roadblock: health insurance companies. Records obtained by Bay Area News Group show insurers rejected $4.1 million in payments to 11 counties for these key mental...
San Mateo County, California – For years, some of the smallest drinking water systems serving farmworker families in San Mateo County operated without routine government inspections. That is about to change, following the discovery of bacterial contamination in more than half of the systems tested during a county investigation.
Sutter Health has canceled its $1-billion plan to build a hospital on its Emeryville campus, citing “the lack of a clear and predictable regulatory path” for the project. Instead, the healthcare system will move ahead on plans for comprehensive outpatient care in Emeryville while evaluating alternative East Bay locations for a future hospital.
Open enrollment for 2027 Affordable Care Act coverage starts Nov. 1, but the closing date depends on where a shopper lives. HealthCare.gov, the federal site used by most states, closes Jan. 15, 2027. Exchanges in California, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and Virginia stay open longer, and Idaho ends Dec. 15. The difference is up […]
(FOX40.COM) — The California Department of Public Health issued a reminder Thursday urging the public to seek vaccinations for three viruses that pose higher risks of infection during the holiday season. Officials recommend individuals at high risk of severe illness — or those searching for protection in general — to receive vaccines for the flu, […]
