Californians with Low Incomes Struggle to Navigate Both Medi-Cal and Medicare [chcf.org]
By Amber Christ and Georgia Burke, California Health Care Foundation, October 28, 2020 One might think dual enrollment in Medicare and Medi-Cal should provide relief from health coverage worries, but many of the 1.4 million Californians with low incomes enrolled in both programs find it as much a struggle as a help. The two systems don’t always mesh. They have different criteria for services and different bureaucracies. Sometimes there are overlaps in benefits, sometimes there are gaps, and...