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  • Proponents Celebrate 58th Anniversary of Medicare’s Start

    Nearly six decades after its creation, Medicare continues to provide a health-care safety net for older Americans. On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicare and Medicaid Act into law – providing health insurance for people age 65 and older through the Medicare program. State Director of...
  • State Projects Millions Could Lose Medi-Cal as Renewals Start Back Up

    Starting in April, an estimated 2-3 million people could be dropped from Medi-Cal, the state’s health insurance program for low-income people. For three years during COVID, terminations were halted, but Congress recently voted to de-link the program from the Public Health Emergency. So California will have 14 months to re-evaluate eligibility for...
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