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
California issues update to reaffirm that vaccines are not linked to autism
Nov 25, 2025
News What you need to know: The West Coast Health Alliance – comprised of California, Oregon, Hawaii, and Washington – recently issued a statement to counter the CDC’s dangerous misinformation on vaccines and autism. SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced...
California invests nearly $150 million to improve access to health care for Californians
Nov 18, 2025
News What you need to know: California is awarding $145.5 million to organizations in communities all across the state to support local, specialized services as part of the state’s reimagining of health care into a system that supports everyone – and that everyone can...
Governor Newsom applauds major win for all Americans as judges find Trump Administration illegally withheld SNAP benefits
Oct 31, 2025
News What you need to know: Governor Newsom commended the findings of two judges affirming the state’s position that the Trump Administration is legally responsible for supporting SNAP funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture. SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin...