Health Access California

06/03/2026

State budget leaders can still change course and reject or delay these harmful cuts. Urge Assemblymembers to stand up for our community’s health by using the letter tool : https://secure.everyaction.com/QREQvJfxZUioirnRRLLIqg2

06/03/2026

On Monday, Assembly released their plan. Health and immigration advocates are deeply disappointed at the decision to double down on the worst of the Governor Gavin Newsom 's cuts and throw immigrants under the bus, particularly without the fiscal outlook to justify it.

“It's not just math,”our Rachel Linn Gish pointed out in this Public News Service piece. “These are real people's lives, and people will lose healthcare coverage and get sicker, go into debt, and probably die sooner because they don't have access to healthcare.” https://app.publicnewsservice.org/story/health-advocates-criticize-ca-assembly-budget-proposal/9278e004-ba3e-4699-9773-6aed66303bd7?

05/29/2026

05/29/2026

Health care costs are rising—but Californians are fighting back.
The Office of Health Care Affordability is working to slow rising costs and bring accountability to the health care system.
Learn more:

This Office is charged with increasing price and quality transparency, developing specific strategies and cost targets for the different sectors of the health care industry, and will impose financial consequences for entities that fail to meet these targets. The ultimate goal is to have these saving...

05/27/2026

For millions of Californians, Medi-Cal is a lifeline, especially those who are aging, low-income, live with disabilities, or have various immigration statuses. Governor Gavin Newsom is proposing to cut care for the members of our community who are struggling the most in his . Now is the time to get loud and fight back!

Help us make sure hears our plea; share this post, make a call, and send a letter:

Your story can make a difference. Legislators need to know that proposed cuts to Health4All in Gov. Newsom's January Budget aren’t just numbers, they are real harm for real people.

05/27/2026

For millions of Californians, Medi-Cal is a lifeline, especially those who are aging, low-income, live with disabilities, or have various immigration statuses. is proposing to cut care for the members of our community who are struggling the most in his . Now is the time to get loud and fight back!

Help us make sure hears our plea; share this post, make a call, and send a letter at the link in our bio!

05/22/2026

Health care should be protected — not cut. Californians need affordable coverage, not more barriers to care.
Send a letter urging Assembly leaders to reject harmful health care cuts in the state budget. ✊

05/15/2026

Despite a stronger outlook,
Governor Gavin Newsom's May Revise continues discriminatory cuts to health care for low-income Californians & fails to meet the need for revenue to backfill Trump's harmful health care cuts.
Picked up in Los Angeles Times, our statement: https://bit.ly/3Pr7Fdl

05/14/2026

TODAY: May Revision proposed by Governor Gavin Newsom continues to target immigrants, low-income families, older adults, and disabled people even as he touts a rosier budget outlook.

The coalition calls on to REJECT these cuts:

Immigrant and health advocates call on Legislature to reject these cuts that would deepen health inequities and pull back on many of Health4All commitments amid growing federal threats

05/08/2026

New California Health Care Foundation poll: 59% of Californians without a primary care provider — and 64% who've skipped care due to cost — have little or no trust in the health system. These results are a call to action: Building a health care system Californians trust means making care affordable and accessible.

Nearly half of Californians lack trust in the health care system. Learn about the factors in this CHCF-funded survey.