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Protecting Health Care Benefits for 15.5 Million People

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California Committed to Keeping Medi-Cal Enrollees Insured

California Committed to Keeping Medi-Cal Enrollees Insured

Was Live Tuesday, Aug 15, 2023 | 11 am PT

Speakers

  • Yingjia Huang, Deputy Director of health care benefits and eligibility, Department of Health Care Services 
  • Jessica Altman, CEO, Covered California 
  • Rosario Arreola Pro, COO at the California Rural Indian Health Board, Inc 
  • Louise McCarthy, CEO of Community Clinic Association of LA County
  • Dr. Seciah Aquino, ED, Latino Coalition for a Healthy California 
  • Mayra Alvarez, President of Children’s Partnership 

Event Overview

Between June 2023 and May 2024, more than 15 million Medi-Cal members — one third of California’s residents — will have their eligibility redetermined as part of  the “great unwinding” of MediCare enrollees now underway across the country.  Speakers from the California Department of Health Care Services and Covered  California will update reporters on steps the state is taking to ensure all eligible  Californians have continuous coverage. Leaders of nonprofits working on the  frontlines will share information about the impact of redetermination on Black,  Latino, AAPI and Native American enrollees — especially older adults and children.