CA correspondent covering health policy for @KFFHealthNews. Alum @WSJ @latimes
Joined August 2011
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30 Sep 2024
I’m so thrilled to announce I’ll be joining @KFFHealthNews as a CA correspondent covering health policy and politics next month. What a dream to work with @youngsamantha @ByJudyLin @ahartreports and a whole team of mission-driven professionals doing thoughtful, impactful work.
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Great to have @JackieFortier on the team, even greater to have our first collab in the books!
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As @CAgovernor irons out his last budget with lawmakers, he wants to offer financial help to more than 1 in 4 enrollees in Covered California, the nation’s largest state-run health insurance marketplace.
@cmaiduc @JackieFortier
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Newsom’s redistricting campaign unlocks a new donor army ahead of 2028 , via @melmason & @jsscppr ...
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17 Oct 2025
As he continues to curate his national profile, @GavinNewsom has angered some LGBTQ activists with his veto of a hormone therapy bill and his lukewarm response in the face of ongoing Trump admin threats to trans health care. My latest @KFFHealthNews kffhealthnews.org/news/artic…
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Christine Mai-Duc retweeted
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A lack of faith in the soundness of the CDC’s new direction has led states to explore enacting their own vaccine policies. A patchwork of divergent recommendations and requirements could result.
📝: @StephArmour1 @cmaiduc @amymaxmen @ArthurAllen202 kffhealthnews.org/news/artic…
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20 Aug 2025
California Democrats enter the ring in the redistricting fight. Abortion rights groups @PPActionCA and @reproforallCA are in their corner.
My latest for @KFFHealthNews: kffhealthnews.org/news/artic…
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Christine Mai-Duc retweeted
12 Aug 2025
“Somebody has to wake up or people are going to start falling apart.” Patients fearing Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids are delaying or limiting their health care.
@cmaiduc reports for KFF Health News @ocregister. ⤵️ ocregister.com/2025/08/06/fe…
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23 May 2025
One of the key provisions of the House budget bill that passed this week: a stiff financial penalty for California and 14 other states ( DC) that use their own funds to cover healthcare for unauthorized immigrants. My latest w/ @philgalewitz cbsnews.com/news/republicans…
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Christine Mai-Duc retweeted
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“The challenge that we face this year and the challenge we will face for many years is on growth of our Medicaid system, Medi-Cal,” @GavinNewsom says. @cmaiduc @vanesanchez_g californiahealthline.org/new…
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Christine Mai-Duc retweeted
13 May 2025
“We all know that the cuts are definitely coming,” Carlos Alarcon @CALimmigrant, on fears that California will roll back health benefits for immigrants without legal status. @ahartreports @cmaiduc californiahealthline.org/new…
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13 May 2025
Much like other states, health care - especially the state’s Medicaid program Medi-Cal - is a huge chunk of state spending. It covers 15 million Californians, roughly a third of the population. kffhealthnews.org/news/artic…
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13 May 2025
This week, the House GOP has advanced the debate over cutting billions from the Medicaid budget. Legislators have worried cuts are coming — even w/o federal action — for weeks, including @drakilahweber, who is a practicing physician kffhealthnews.org/news/artic…
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13 May 2025
The latest CA state budget numbers drop tomorrow. @vanesanchez_g and I will be there. Follow @KFFHealthNews for smart takes on the latest developments on Medicaid and its state sister programs from my brilliant colleagues in DC and all over the country.
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13 May 2025
NEW from @ahartreports and me: @CAgovernor Gavin Newsom promised to fight for universal healthcare. He didn’t realize it would be so expensive. cbsnews.com/news/california-…
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13 May 2025
Newsom is expected to present his latest budget proposal tomorrow, which sets the stage for negotiations as the June 15 deadline to pass a state budget looms. I’ve talked to a lot of folks in Sacramento - no one expects the budget news to be good. So how did we get here?
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Christine Mai-Duc retweeted
1 Apr 2025
“If they cut it too much, people will die or they’ll lose their freedoms.” says Tina Ewing-Wilson, a Republican voter who supported @JayObernolte. She worries he’ll vote to cut her Medicaid coverage.
@cmaiduc reports. ⤵️
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28 Mar 2025
While advocates pressure Republicans to protect Medicaid in swing districts across the country, a quieter campaign is underfoot to sway GOP members in solidly red areas that stand to lose the most. My latest @KFFHealthNews @MyDesert desertsun.com/story/news/nat…
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28 Mar 2025
“The hospitals, the health plans — we don’t always get along with those folks. On this, there’s not a lot of daylight.” @CMA_CEO on the strange bedfellows that have combined forces in CA to advocate against cuts to Medicaid desertsun.com/story/news/nat…
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