Affordable health care for all
We are one of the first states in the nation to offer health care to everyone with low incomes. We did this through an expansion of Medi-Cal. You can get this medical care, no matter your immigration status. California is also lowering health care costs, including for prescription drugs and insulin. And we are increasing access to high-quality health care providers.
Transforming behavioral health
California is making behavioral health services more available to all, especially our youth. We’re investing in our health care workers and building housing and treatment sites. We’re getting more help to those challenged with mental illness and substance abuse. And we’ve started a nation-leading program called CARE Court. It helps get people off the streets, out of jails and hospitals, and into treatment, with the support they need.
Safeguarding reproductive health
Radical politicians are assaulting women’s health care with dangerous and deadly consequences. But California is protecting women. Governor Newsom has taken action, including signing more than 20 laws to support and expand abortion care. He led the successful push to have the right to reproductive freedom added to California’s constitution. We will protect women who seek basic care and the health care workers who provide it.
News about health care
Governor Newsom signs SB 41 to lower the cost of prescription drugs
News What you need to know: Governor Newsom today announced that he signed SB 41 to reduce prescription drug prices by regulating the practices of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), which negotiate prices between drug manufacturers, health care insurance providers, and...
Governor Newsom signs legislative package to expand services and resources for Californian women
News What you need to know: Governor Newsom signed a series of bills that close gaps in maternal and prenatal care, improve health outcomes and access to child care resources, and protect vulnerable women. SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today signed legislation...
Governor Gavin Newsom signs SB 27, strengthening California’s CARE Act and expanding access to behavioral health services
News What you need to know: Governor Newsom signed SB 27, which helps to ensure that individuals in crisis can receive timely treatment, housing, and ongoing support, improving coordination across courts and local agencies. LOS ANGELES: Today, Governor Gavin Newsom...
