Each year, families have to prove Medi-Cal eligibility or risk losing coverage. A San Diego assemblymember wants to take that burden away from families.
A receptionist helps patients at San Diego's La Maestra Community Health Center in City Heights in this undated photo.
Just weeks after 9-year-old Israel Fernandez had heart surgery last year, his mother, Beatrice Fernandez, learned he’d lost his Medi-Cal coverage. Mayra Alvarez, president of the advocacy organization, The Children’s Partnership said children are unnecessarily losing their health coverage when they need it the most.
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