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When Lloyd Tennison moved from Walnut Creek to Stockton last year, he assumed his coverage under Medi-Cal, California’s safety-net health insurance program, would be transferred seamlessly. About three weeks before

When Medi-Cal beneficiary Lloyd Tennison moved last year from Contra Costa County to San Joaquin County, he was bumped off his managed care plan without notice before his new coverage took effect. His case highlights a chronic issue.

When Lloyd Tennison moved from Walnut Creek to Stockton last year, he assumed his coverage under Medi-Cal, California's safety-net health insurance program, would be transferred seamlessly.

Medi-Cal’s multitude of county-run systems often leads to miscommunication that can interrupt enrollees’ health care coverage, as illustrated by the ordeal of Stockton resident Lloyd Tennison.

For many working-class Americans, cars are a burden and a necessity.

Child care providers across California are waiting on millions of dollars in delayed government payments they say are driving them into debt.

Update: Census 2020 counts 74% of Solano residents FAIRFIELD — Nearly three-quarters of Solano County’s residents have been counted as part of Census 2020. “Despite substantial obstacles presented throughout 2020 for a successful Census 2020 count, Solano County’s efforts resulted in a . . . self-response rate of 74.1%, tying with Yolo County for the (ninth) most responsive county in California . . . and exceeding the countywide 67.9% for Census 2010,” the staff report to the Board of...