Healthy Families Program Rescued
A rare bi-partisan bill in the California legislature, allowed more than 700,000 children in low-income California families to maintain their health insurance coverage through the Healthy families Program.
The deal restored about $200 Million that was slashed from the budget this summer. For this to happen, health insurance companies agreed to impose a tax on themselves. In addition, Healthy Families participants will pay slightly higher premiums.
Healthy families provides health, vision and dental coverage for nearly 1 million children whose families aren’t poor enough to qualify for Medi-Cal but can’t afford private health insurance.
More information about California health insurance.
