California just blew a deadline for voter-approved health care measure  — losing millions of federal dollars

By Kristen Hwang, CalMatters

California voters told lawmakers last fall that they wanted doctors to get paid more to see low-income patients. But officials for the Newsom administration blew past a federal deadline to make that happen through Medi-Cal Monday, effectively leaving millions of dollars unclaimed.

The unclaimed money is tied to Proposition 35, a ballot measure passed by…