California inks secret deal with Kaiser Permanente, jeopardizing Medicaid reforms
California inks secret deal with Kaiser Permanente, jeopardizing Medicaid reforms
By Bernard J. Wolfson and Angela Hart and Samantha Young | Kaiser Health News
Editor’s note: KHN is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has negotiated a secret deal to give Kaiser Permanente a special Medicaid contract that would allow the health care behemoth to expand its reach in California and largely continue selecting the enrollees it wants, which other…