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Take action and call or email Governor Brown to tell him you are counting on him to expand Medi-Cal as soon as possible – California’s children and families can’t afford any more delays!  more...

Throughout 2013, all 875,000 children enrolled in the Healthy Families Program will be moved into the Medi-Cal program. If your child has experiences any problems in the Healthy Families transition, please complete this family feedback survey. Read about what families should know about the changes to the Healthy Families Program.  more...

An unknown number of autistic children transitioning from Healthy Families to Medi-Cal were informed that they will no longer be able to access critical behavioral health services once enrolled into a Medi-Cal health plan. Families who called the state’s help lines have been unable to get definitive answers about how to resolve the problem and access these services. Children’s advocates are frustrated by the state’s lack of planning and attention to this issue, despite the fact that this specific concern about loss of services for autistic children has been raised many times over the past several months.  more...

California children’s health advocates, among many others, agree that continued implementation of the ACA by expanding Medi-Cal is without a doubt the right thing to do for California’s families and the future of health care in this state.   more...