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Californians who depend on Medi-Cal coverage also will be affected if another pandemic-related measure ends as expected in mid-April. As part of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Congress required that states provide "continuous coverage" for beneficiaries of Medicaid coverage, known as Medi-Cal in California, during the public health...
By making testing easier and cheaper for Californians, the provision could bring better disease monitoring to rural and underserved parts of the state.
Rachel Bluth/Kaiser Health News SACRAMENTO — California has become the first state to require health insurance plans to cover at-home tests for sexually transmitted infections such as HIV, chlamydia and syphilis – which could help quell the STI epidemic that has raged nearly unchecked as public heal
California has become the first state to require health insurance plans to cover at-home...
An STI epidemic has raged nearly unchecked as public health departments have focused on COVID-19.