Health Care & Hospital Law
Jan. 9, 2010
Advocates: Cuts Stripped Three Million People Of Health Care
Nearly 3 million low-income adults in California lost key medical benefits, including optometry and psychological services, which the state used to cover until the budget cuts took effect in July, according to a report released Thursday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Asked how California's budget cuts have hurt him, Johnny Escobedo smiles: the Fresno man is missing half his teeth.
The state covered the cost to extract Escobedo's sick teeth last June. When he tried to get dentures approved in July, lawmakers had erased dental benefits from Medi-Cal, the state's health insurance program for indigent patients.
Because Escobe...
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