Listen: Potential Hospital Bailout Under Fire, as Information Gap Threatens Medi-Cal Renewals

Californians Face Disenrollment Risk as Medi-Cal Eligibility Checks Resume

California Healthline senior correspondent Bernard J. Wolfson was interviewed May 30 on Radio Bilingüe’s “Línea Abierta” about annual eligibility checks by Medi-Cal, California’s version of the federal Medicaid health insurance program for low-income residents.

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<h1>Listen: Potential Hospital Bailout Under Fire, as Information Gap Threatens Medi-Cal Renewals</h1>
<div>	<span class="byline">Bernard J. Wolfson and Samantha Young and Stephanie O'Neill Patison</span>
		<time class="posted-on" datetime="2023-06-23T02:00:00-07:00">
			June 23, 2023		</time>
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<p><strong>Californians Face Disenrollment Risk as Medi-Cal Eligibility Checks Resume</strong></p><p>California Healthline senior correspondent Bernard J. Wolfson was <a href="http://radiobilingue.org/noticias/salud/edicion-extra-renovacion-de-medi-cal-repeticion-del-programa-ademas-harvard-honra-al-fundador-de-radio-bilingue/">interviewed May 30</a> on Radio Bilingüe’s “Línea Abierta” about annual eligibility checks by Medi-Cal, California’s version of the federal Medicaid health insurance program for low-income residents.</p><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/06/la_230530_1.mp3">https://californiahealthline.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/06/la_230530_1.mp3</a><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p>

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