Sammy Caiola
CapRadio Healthcare ReporterSammy Caiola has been covering health care in California for the last seven years. Before joining CapRadio in 2017, Sammy was a health reporter at The Sacramento Bee. She has degrees in journalism and gender studies from Northwestern University.
Over time, Sammy has developed an interest in trauma and its impact on mental and physical wellbeing. Her major projects have explored Black child mortality, suicide in rural towns, health care for undocumented Californians and the aftermath of sexual assault. She has also reported extensively on autism spectrum disorder, reproductive health care, LGBTQ health, and conjoined twinning.
Sammy is an amateur musical theatre performer and an avid hiker. She hails from Long Island, New York.
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California To Provide Health Insurance For Undocumented Residents Over 50 Following Toll Of COVID-19All income-eligible adults over age 50 will be able to sign up for Medi-Cal next year, regardless of immigration status, under the state’s new spending plan. -
A lot changes on June 15, when California officially reopens. Here's a look at the new rules for businesses and individuals, and what things are staying the same for now. -
Advocates say there’s a need for more investment in mental health treatment for California children, especially given stresses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Services could get a boost in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s most recent budget proposal. -
California counties say it’s been a challenge to expand vaccine eligibility to all Californians given the fluctuation in supply, and the complications of adjusting to a new state distribution system. -
Blue Shield is pushing forward with its vaccine distribution efforts in partnership with the state. Company officials say they’re set up to vaccinate six million Californians a week, pending vaccine supply. -
People in need of in-home care have been near the top of the eligibility list since early in the vaccine roll-out. But there are likely still thousands of people unable to leave their homes trying to figure out how to access the shot. -
In January, California expects to enroll 138,000 undocumented, low-income residents under age 26 in the state's version of Medicaid. But young adults say their parents need health care coverage, too. -
Nearly a year after Sacramento police fatally shot Clark, a 22-year-old unarmed black man who died in his grandmother's backyard, DA Anne-Marie Schubert presented her office's findings on Saturday. -
After last month's shooting of Stephon Clark, his neighbors are renewing calls to provide investment and opportunity to their Sacramento, Calif., community.
