MediCal

Opinion: California Must Defend Medi-Cal as H.R. 1 Threatens Care for Millions

By Kiran Savage-Sangwan and Cori Racela

The budget that legislators must adopt by June 15 will set California on one of two courses: protecting the health coverage that millions rely on, or allowing federal cuts to decimate Medi-Cal, the insurance program covering 15 million Californians.

Without a strong response from lawmakers in the coming days, millions will be pushed out of coverage or lose critical health benefits, making California sicker and more unequal.

Opinion: New Medi-Cal Rx Is Riddled With Problems, Hurting Those Who Need it Most

By Hector De La Torre

Despite warnings that the health of the state’s 14 million Medi-Cal beneficiaries would be threatened, on Jan. 1, California implemented Medi-Cal Rx, a program that stripped pharmacy benefits from health plans and handed them to a private, for-profit company.

Now, a month into the new program, there are reports that thousands of Medi-Cal patients have been left without their medications.

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