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
CalRx drives down the cost of naloxone as state program reverses nearly 400,000 overdoses
News What you need to know: As the state tracks nearly 400,000 overdoses reversed through the Naloxone Distribution Project, the Governor announces that, beginning January 1, 2026, CalRx-branded over-the-counter (OTC) naloxone HCL nasal spray, 4 mg, will cost only $19...
Governor Newsom announces $47 million in grants to help prevent substance use among California youth, including supports for struggling young men and boys
News 57 organizations to receive funding to enhance youth leadership and civic engagement What you need to know: Governor Newsom announced nearly $47 million in grant funding to prevent youth substance use by developing leadership and community-building skills....
As Donald Trump attempts to restrict health care for LGBTQ youth, California partners with The Trevor Project to launch statewide suicide prevention training for 988 crisis counselors
News What you need to know: In stark contrast to the Trump administration’s war on the LGBTQ community, more than 1,000 crisis counselors will be offered new training to support LGBTQ youth across the state’s 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline centers. SACRAMENTO –...
