The expiration of two COVID-19 emergency programs means Californians could lose their Medi-Cal insurance or find Covered California unaffordable.
. In California, close to 14.5 million people are enrolled on Medi-Cal — the most ever — and a record 1.8 million people bought a health plan through Covered California during the latest sign-up period.
But the emergency is scheduled to expire after April 15 unless it is extended for another 90 days by the Biden administration. Jacey Cooper, the state’s Medi-Cal director, said the state would have to begin the process of redetermining who is eligible in May if the emergency order ends in April. Because enrollees need a 60-day notice, people who are due to update their eligibility information in July would need renewal packages by May.An East Palo Alto resident is inoculated during a COVID-19 vaccination clinic run by Ravenswood Family Health Network at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park on April 10, 2021.
Still, people can get lost in the paperwork or simply never learn that they are supposed to submit a renewal application, said Monika Lee, associate communications director with the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network.
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