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California’s Medi-Cal Recovery =Expensive Health Care Loans for Low Income Citizens Contact:  Tim ValderramaOffice of Senator Ed Hernandez(916) 651-4024 Tel: (415) 974-5171Pat McGinnispatm@canhr.orgSB 1124, authored by Senator Ed Hernandez (D-Los Angeles), will be heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee next week.

Press Release: California’s Medi-Cal Recovery = Expensive Health Care Loans for Low Income Citizens

SB 1124, authored by Senator Ed Hernandez (D-Los Angeles), will be heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee next week.SB 1124 is a response to consumer concerns and consumer outrage at being forced to obtain coverage via a Medi-Cal managed care program if their income is too low for Covered California.

California’s Medi-Cal Recovery = Expensive Health Care Loans for Low Income Citizens

SB 1124, authored by Senator Ed Hernandez (D-Los Angeles), will be heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee next week. SB 1124 is a response to consumer concerns and consumer outrage at being forced to obtain coverage via a Medi-Cal managed care program if their income is too low for Covered California; being denied information as to what the monthly capitated managed care rate might be; and then, when they die, having their estates and the estates of their spouses subject to Medi-Cal recovery because they are aged 55 or older, regardless of what health care services they use.

April 2014

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Changing California’s Medi-Cal Recovery System:  SB 1124 (Hernandez) – Your Support is Needed!