Termination of Medi-Cal Benefits
- 8 May 1986
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 314 (19) , 1266-1268
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198605083141934
Abstract
IN 1982, California terminated Medi-Cal benefits for the state's 270,000 medically indigent adults and transferred responsibility for their care to the county system. A medically indigent adult is a person who previously received Medi-Cal benefits because of economic or medical need but who was not eligible for assistance from a federal program for the aged, blind, or disabled or for families with dependent children. Although the counties were required to provide care for medically indigent adults, they were not required to provide care free of charge. Most Los Angeles County health facilities charged $20 to $30 for an outpatient or . . .Keywords
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