Tag: medi-cal
Letter: Overcome greed
Re: “Medi-Cal not the solution to expand healthcare,” Free Lance, March 29.
What have we learned from the pandemic, or are we in another pandemic?...
End of guaranteed continuous Medi-Cal coverage could affect 10,000-plus San Benito...
San Benito County public health officials will soon begin mailing notices to local Medi-Cal members to let them know that they are no longer...
Newsom proposes budget with Medi-Cal expansion
Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his proposed 2022-2023 state budget Monday, including a proposal to extend health care coverage to every low-income resident in the...
Covid vaccinations lag for those on Medi-Cal
Low-income Californians enrolled in Medi-Cal have been vaccinated at far lower rates than the overall population in all 58 counties, according to state data.
The...
Options for paying for long-term health care
Long-term care riders are like health and car insurance, you want the protection just in case you need it, but hope never to use it. Social security and Medicare offer limited protection if you need long-term care recovering from an illness or an injury.
Supervisors voice concerns about Affordable Care Act
Members of the San Benito County Board of Supervisors voiced concerns Tuesday about implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act, as the controversial law revs up enrollment starting Oct. 1 under the state-run “Covered California” health care exchange.
Nursing home bill held on ‘suspense’
A state assembly bill that would restore funding to nursing homes such as Mabie Southside and Mabie Northside in Hollister has been placed on the suspense file in the state senate’s appropriation committee.
Anthem Blue Cross to cover SBC Medi-Cal patients
As San Benito County prepares to move Medi-Cal patients to a managed care program by Sept.1, the state Department of Health Care Services has contracted with a consultant to help with enrollment and education of patients.
Assembly gives Alejo’s nursing home funding bill unanimous OK
A bill that would eliminate proposed cuts to the Medi-Cal reimbursement rates for some skilled nursing facilities – such as Mabie Northside and Mabie Southside in Hollister – has passed the State Assembly.
Health alliance votes no on SBC expansion
A week after San Benito County supervisors approved a letter stating their intent to join the Central California Alliance for Health as its managed care Medi-Cal provider – a state requirement to change to a managed care system goes into effect on Sept. 1 – the board of directors of the Central California Alliance for Health voted against expanding into San Benito.
