Bolstered by millions of dollars of aid from Washington, California managed to hold its healthcare safety nets together last year despite the fallout from the recession. Now, however, with emergency federal aid schedule to end this year, it is unclear how much longer California’s financially strained government will be able to head off cutbacks. Driven by poverty and expanded eligibility, enrollment in Med-Cal. The Medi-Cal programs is jointly funded by federal and state governments using a complex formula that varies from state to state.
The Medi-Cal expansion – coupled with growth in the Healthy Families program for children in low to moderate-income families provided much-needed coverage and peace of mind to families while they looked for jobs and struggled to pay the bills.
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