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Health Insurance Issues

Feds Order Calif. Legislature To Re-Do The Way It Funds Medi-Cal

KVCR | By Katie Orr

Published August 18, 2015 at 12:17 PM PDT

California is under orders to change the way it funds Medi-Cal. Lawmakers are considering the issue in a special legislative session. Capital Public Radio's Katie Orr has details on a proposal announced yesterday [Monday].

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