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In Las Vegas, hundreds — perhaps thousands — of homeless people live in tunnels under casinos. They have a better shot at recovery above ground. But persuading them to come above ground for treatment is hard. Angela Hart reports on what to know: bit.ly/4a9ldQL

Health care costs may soar under incoming president Donald J. Trump, says @Gavinnewsom. The CA governor says he'll fight to contain them. Angela Hart + Christine Mai-Duc report: kffhealthnews.org/news/article/c…

🎧 Listen to the podcast! Angela Hart, Assemblymember Mia Bonta & Mark Peterson spoke with Alexis Madrigal on what CA health services are most vulnerable & how officials are prepping for the Trump administration. link.chtbl.com/E1I329Sg

As residents who were once homeless have been displaced by the Los Angeles wildfires, advocates worry about dividing resources between wildfire victims and long-term homeless people. Angela Hart reports for KFF Health News + CBS News. ⤵️ cbsnews.com/news/los-angel…

Los Angeles County has cut homelessness, but wildfires threaten to erase that gain cbsnews.com/news/los-angel… via CBS News

NEW: Los Angeles County has reduced homelessness, but recent wildfires threaten to upend that gain. Angela Hart reports. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/l…

This is your regular reminder that 7 red/purple states (6 of which voted for Trump in 2024) have expanded Medicaid by popular vote. Collectively, they've enrolled a million people since 2017. The GOP is now targeting those expansions. politico.com/news/2025/02/2…

My latest on the Trump administration's homelessness shift - gutting the federal homelessness policy known as "Housing First." cbsnews.com/news/trump-hom…

Trump turns homelessness response away from housing, toward forced treatment cbsnews.com/news/trump-hom… via Angela Hart KFF Health News

"Since June, roughly 150 laws imposing fines or jail time have been passed, with about 45 in California alone, said Jesse Rabinowitz, campaign and communications director for the National Homelessness Law Center " CBS News via Angela Hart

President Donald Trump is gutting “Housing First,” America’s plan of attack on homelessness since 2004. The policy aims to stabilize people in long-term housing with social services, without forcing treatment: californiahealthline.org/news/article/t… 📝: Angela Hart 📹: Hannah Norman

Congrats to Fred Clasen-Kelly, Renuka Rayasam, Lauren Sausser, Angela Hart, Arthur Allen, Daniel Chang, and to all KFF Health News staff involved! 🥳

This letter from House Republicans in swing districts seems to leave the door open for cuts to the ACA Medicaid expansion, which covers 20 million people. That's not really much of a line in the sand.

DOGE cuts have hit the US Interagency Council on Homelessness, which helps coordinate federal aid to cities bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @citylab

🧵Career highlight I hope will have many positive ripples: Poynter just published a guide to homelesness reporting that I've spent months creating with an impressive group of journalists across the country with years of experience on the beat. poynter.org/ethics-trust/2…

If you also care about this topic, it would mean so much to us if you'd share our guide with your network. 🙏poynter.org/ethics-trust/2…

Kudos to Marisa Kendall, Robert Davis, Annemarie Cuccia, Blake Nelson, Angela Hart, Will James, Maggie Angst, Liam Dillon and Michael (MJ) Lyle for all your hard work - and to Ren LaForme who helped us share our guide with many more people today.

“It is penny wise, pound foolish,” Xavier Becerra responds to Angela Hart about Republican and Democratic proposals to cut health coverage for immigrants without legal residency. #AHCJ convention

New: Xavier Becerra, former Biden HHS secretary who is running for CA governor, says at Association of Health Care Journalists conference he strongly backs Medicaid & health coverage for undocumented immigrants & he’d figure out tough budget questions & how to prevent cuts to health benefits. #HJ25

.Xavier Becerra re-ups his position on universal health care, says he’s a strong backer of #SinglePayer, makes strong case would reduce health care costs & says it makes no sense to tie health care benefits to jobs, employment. Single-payer may arise in #CAGOV race again. #HJ25