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Tag: CalMatters
Posted inHealth
California’s healthcare affordability office claims power to punish overspending hospitals
New penalties can fine hospitals and insurers up to 125% of their overspending, with enforcement starting as early as 2028.
Posted inEnvironment & Natural Resources
California to buy defunct horse track and turn it into the Bay Area’s newest public park
California lawmakers struck a deal to divert $125 million in climate funding to buy the former Golden Gate Fields track and turn it into a park. Gov. Gavin Newsom supports the project.
Posted inHealth
Parents of transgender kids say California is ‘unprepared’ as feds cut off their healthcare
Lawmakers say the Medi-Cal program needs $10 million to pay for gender-affirming care for minors after the Trump administration cut funding.
Posted inFire & Emergency
Wildfire liability bill dies without a vote on final day of session
The measure, which was opposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s public utilities, never came to a vote in the Assembly.