Category: Health care

California sues over public health funding cut

Trump cuts $600M in grants to four states
by Ana B. Ibarra, CalMatters | Posted February 12, 2026
Meredith Reyes, a lab technician 1, labels COVID-19 swab tests before processing at the Sonoma County Department of Public Health in June 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

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California is suing the Trump Administration over its plans to cut $600 million in public health funding from California and three other Democratic states, Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Wednesday. 

Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told Congress it would end Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grants in California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota. The attorneys general in those states filed a joint lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Wednesday, arguing the cuts are based on “arbitrary political animus” and would cause irreparable harm.  read more

Clinic’s abrupt closure leaves North State patients without care

Healthcare advocates: Federal health care cuts ripple through rural Northern California
by Yucheng Tang | Posted February 2, 2026
Tarichi Primary Care in Corning abruptly closed with a notice that mentions federal policy and last year’s government shutdown. Photo by Yucheng Tang.

Corning resident Glenna Secreto was scheduled to have a post-surgery check-up at Tarichi Primary Care in Corning last month. However, on Jan. 14, she found the clinic had been shut down a week earlier.

Secreto’s 95-year-old mother, Ada Boatman, had an appointment at the same clinic that morning. When Boatman reached the clinic, she saw the door locked, people pulling up for appointments, and a posted notice.

Secreto later found a new clinic for herself and her mom, but neither of them could get an appointment until the end of February when her mom will be able to get needed medications. Secreto, though, had to make a drive of more than two hours to St. Helena for her post-surgery check-up. read more

Public Works employees to get cancer screenings

Several councilmembers question the process
by Yucheng Tang | Posted January 21, 2026
Former Chico Police Chief Mike O’Brien, now a City Council member, favors the cancer screenings. Photo by Leslie Layton.

The City Council approved cancer screenings for public works employees in a split vote Jan. 20. Councilmembers Addison Winslow, Katie Hawley and Bryce Goldstein were opposed to the Galleri cancer screenings that will be available every three years.

The disagreement centered on whether a technology not approved by the FDA — a blood-based multi-cancer early detection test — should be available to more city employees, and whether the matter should be handled by the city’s Human Resources Office. read more

As Medicaid Turns 60, Rollbacks Threaten Millions

by Selen Octurk, ACoM | Posted August 8, 2025
Image via Canva, courtesy of American Community Media

As Medicaid turns 60, the U.S. faces the largest federal health care subsidy rollback in its history.

The One Big Beautiful Act, signed by President Trump last July 4, slashes federal Medicaid spending by 15%. Over the next decade, it will eliminate over $1 trillion from federal health care and food aid, largely by imposing work verification requirements on recipients and shifting cost burdens onto states.

Massive Coverage Losses Projected

The Congressional Budget Office estimates the law will leave 11.8 million Americans uninsured by 2034, with another 5.1 million losing coverage due to other changes — including the expiration of Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits at the end of this year. read more