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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento and Solano counties are in a standoff with the state over mental health coverage for a portion of Medicaid patients in those counties — a dispute
The state wants to stop paying Kaiser Permanente for treating severely mentally ill Medi-Cal patients in Sacramento and Solano counties and force the counties to take on the task. The counties’ leaders say they can t afford it.
Sacramento and Solano counties are in a standoff with the state over mental health coverage for a portion of Medicaid patients in those counties a dispute that threatens to disrupt care for nearly 50,000 low-income residents receiving treatment for severe mental illness.