California’s Ranks of Uninsured to Swell 17K in Ventura Cty. Alone

Due to Gov. Arnold Schwartzengger’s Medi-Cal cuts and other measures to offset the state’s $17 Billion budget deficit, the ranks of the uninsured could swell by a million statewide and by 20K in Ventura County alone.

One of the changes to Medi-Cal is forcing parents and children to prove they qualify every three months. A study by Health Access California, a Sacramento advocacy group, has just been released. It projects that 17 thousand residents in Ventura County would lose coverage due to the above measure and also due to increased premiums for the California Health Families low-cost program.

Currently an estimated 7 million Californians, and 107,000 residents of Ventura County, are uninsured. For full story see:
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/26/uninsured-ranks-may-rise-by-20200-in-2010/