SACRAMENTO—The state's budget woes could leave thousands of California children on a waiting list for health care.
State officials who oversee the Healthy Families Program are scrambling to find ways around a $17.2 million budget shortage.
The program provides low-cost health, dental and vision coverage to uninsured children of working families.
Currently, 883,589 children rely on the low-cost health insurance state program, and about 27,125 new applicants enroll each month.
The Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board warns a long waiting list could amass quickly, with an estimated 160,000 children waitlisted in the first six months.
The board is slated to meet in Sacramento on Wednesday. If approved, the stoppage could be implemented as soon as Dec. 18.
Source: http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_10977114
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