Emily Alpert Reyes covers public health for the Los Angeles Times. She previously reported on Los Angeles city government and politics, as well as on the census and demographics, tracking how our lives are changing in Los Angeles, California and the country. Before joining The Times, she worked for the pioneering nonprofit news website voiceofsandiego.org, winning national awards for her reporting on education. She has also traveled to Bolivia as a fellow with the International Reporting Project and survived the University of Chicago.
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In California, elderly or disabled people who make too much money to qualify for its Medicaid program can still access it if they pay a “share of cost†toward their medical bills. But the rules require them to retain only $600 a month for expenses other than medical care.
The left-leaning Board of Supervisors will funnel millions in funding to support immigrants and transgender residents during another Trump presidency.
Investigators have found evidence that the Cedars-Sinai Health System may have ignored federal laws against discrimination, according to a ‘letter of concern.’
Donald Trump’s return to the White House could undermine access to gender-affirming care in California, advocates and others say, despite vows by lawmakers to protect it.
From family planning to hospital bills, the new Trump administration has the potential to affect a wide range of policies in the Golden State and beyond.
A Los Angeles gynecologist agreed to surrender his medical license amid accusations of “unprofessional conduct,†including asking a patient about her religious beliefs after she disclosed a previous abortion.
California voters on Tuesday approved Proposition 35, the measure that cements an existing tax on health plans to help fund the Medi-Cal program, as election results continued to be tallied Wednesday.
Local officials say the new clubhouse that opened in July, Fountain House Hollywood, is the only one of its kind in Los Angeles. It’s a community run by people diagnosed with serious mental health conditions.
Maternal health organizations and advocates are urging the California surgeon general to suspend the rollout of a plan aimed at reducing maternal mortality.
Twenty-five more patients are suing a longtime OB-GYN, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and other facilities where he worked over allegations of sexual abuse.