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 issues statement on Trump administration’s vaccine schedule endangering the lives of infants and children
Jan 5, 2026
News SACRAMENTO – As the Trump administration endangers the lives of infants, children, and their caregivers by dangerously downgrading certain childhood vaccine recommendations, Governor Gavin Newsom today issued the following statement: “This reckless move by the...
NUEVO EN 2026: Leyes de California que entran en vigencia en el nuevo año
Dec 31, 2025
News Lo que necesita saber: A partir del 1 de enero, entra en vigor un nuevo conjunto de leyes de California que impactan la atención médica, la vivienda, los lugares de trabajo, las escuelas, la tecnología y los requisitos de divulgación corporativa. SACRAMENTO – El...
CalRx drives down the cost of naloxone as state program reverses nearly 400,000 overdoses
Dec 19, 2025
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...