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As parents hustled to pick up their kids from a school in South Los Angeles, Juana Dominguez greeted one after another with the same question in Spanish: “Do you have Medi-Cal?” “Don’t be afraid to ...

Recent media coverage has suggested that people enrolled in both Medicare and Medi-Cal — referred to as dually eligible ...

Medi-Cal, California’s complex, $174.6 billion Medicaid program, provides health insurance for nearly 15 million residents with low incomes and disabilities. The state enrolls twice as many people as ...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in earnest, low-income Californians who enrolled in Medi-Cal — California’s version of the government-funded Medicaid health insurance program — have been able to ...

Many Californians on Medicaid, better known here as Medi-Cal, already struggle to access timely and quality care. Now, experts warn that millions more could lose coverage under H.R.1, which makes ...

California residents became eligible this year for Medi-Cal regardless of age and immigration status, as long as they meet the income eligibility limitations. This latest expansion welcomed 26- to ...

Starting April 1, Californians who depend on Medi-Cal — the state’s Medicaid health care program — for their health care expenses will need to once again go through a redetermination process to renew ...

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This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As states figure out how to adjust to federal funding cuts, policy shifts, and major Medicaid shakeups, 2026 will be ...