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LA Times Today: California pays meth users up to $599 a year to get sober

LA Times Today: California pays meth users up to $599 a year to get sober

Watch L.A. Times Today at 7 p.m. on Spectrum News 1 on Channel 1 or live stream on the Spectrum News App. Palos Verdes Peninsula and Orange County viewers can watch on Cox Systems on channel 99.

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California is taking a novel approach to helping low-income people with stimulant abuse disorders: stay clean and get paid. The experimental initiative is funded through the state’s Medi-Cal healthcare plan.

Angela Hart, a senior correspondent with KFF Health News, joined Lisa McRee with more on the program and its rollout across the state.

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