sacramento, calif. — Nearly two years into Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $12 billion experiment to transform California’s Medicaid program into a social services provider for the state’s most vulnerable residents, the
Every day Clover Martin, treatment services director for URC, gets calls from those in need of emergency services for drug withdrawal. On a slow day she will get five calls, on other days as many as 15 for the facility’s six available beds.
In the new year, California’s Medicaid program will open to otherwise eligible immigrants ages 26 to 49 without legal residency. They will join children, young adults, and adults over 50 enrolled in Medi-Cal through previous expansions to residents lacking authorization. The change is expected to add over 700,000 first-time enrollees.
California’s Medicaid program will open to eligible immigrants ages 26 to 49 without legal residency. They will join children, young adults, and adults over 50 enrolled in Medi-Cal through previous expansions to residents lacking authorization.
Every day Clover Martin, treatment services director for URC, gets calls from those in need of emergency services for drug withdrawal. On a slow day she will get five calls, on other days as many as 15 for the facility’s six available beds.