Medi-Cal
The California Medical Assistance Program (Medi-Cal) is the name of the California Medicaid program serving low-income families, seniors, persons with disabilities, children in foster care, pregnant women, and certain low-income adults. It is jointly administered by the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). 8,883,943 people were enrolled in Medi-Cal for at least 1 month in 2009-10, about 23% of California's population.[1]
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[edit] Costs
Medi-Cal costs were estimated at $34.1 billion ($12.9 billion in state funds) in 2005-06.[2][3] For comparison, the entire California state budget in 2005-06 was $113 billion, of which about $90 billion was general funds (not allocated for special expenditures, such as bonds).[4]
[edit] Programs
Medi-Cal with the assistance from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation created The California Partnership for Long-Term Care. The goal is to protect Californians from being forced to spend everything they have worked for on long-term care, and to prevent or delay dependence on Medi-Cal.[5]
Effective July 2009, Medi-Cal no longer offers Dental Insurance for people over 21 years of age.
[edit] Eligibility
Medi-Cal provides health coverage for people with low income and limited ability to pay for health coverage, including the aged, blind, disabled, young adults and children children, pregnant women, in a skilled nursing or intermediate care home, or in the Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Program (BCCTP).[6][7][8] People receiving federally-funded cash assistance programs, such as CalWORKs (a state Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program), the State Supplementation Program (SSP) (a state Supplemental Security Income (SPI) program), foster care, adoption assistance, certain refugee assistance programs, or In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS).[6][8]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.dhcs.ca.gov/dataandstats/statistics/Documents/2_1_Reporting_Year_FY2009-10.pdf
- ^ Solis, Beatriz Maria (2007), Medi-Cal Managed Care Enrollees: Diverse Experiences and Perceptions About the Health Care System, p. 5, http://books.google.com/books?id=RcRvjBeOJKMC&pg=PA5
- ^ Kaiser Commission on Medicaid, 2007
- ^ Major Features of the 2005 California Budget, California Legislative Analyst's Office, July 2005
- ^ The California Partnership
- ^ a b O'Shaughnessey 2001, footnote 1, pg. 25.
- ^ O'Shaughnessey 2001, p. 6.
- ^ a b http://www.dhcs.ca.gov/services/medi-cal/Pages/Medi-CalEligibility.aspx
[edit] External links
- Medi-Cal - Official website
- Medicaid State Plan information for California
- State Waivers for Medicaid program in California
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