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The Medi-Cal Access Program (MCAP), formerly known as the Access for Infants and Mothers Program (AIM), is a California policy that grants access to Medi-Cal to pregnant and uninsured (or whose coverage contains a co-pay over $500) mothers who would otherwise not qualify due to exceeding income guidelines.
[37] Currently, pregnancy is considered a "pre-existing condition," making it much harder for uninsured pregnant women to actually be able to afford private health insurance. [38] In 1990, 1995, and 1998, the expansion of MediCal increased the use of prenatal care and reduced ethnic differences in those who utilized health services. [22]
Pregnant and postpartum workers now have access to 'reasonable accommodations' after the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act went into effect on June 27. State laws, such as California's, that are more ...
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The State of California's describes wildfire evacuation COVID-19-related protocols in August 2020. On August 18, San Diego and Santa Cruz were removed from the state watchlist, now consisting of 42 counties. [77] On August 24, Orange, Napa, Calaveras, Mono, and Sierra were removed from the state watchlist. [78]
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A state of the art review published in 2022 stated that the basic principles of diagnosing and managing COVID-19 should be the same for pregnant patients as for non-pregnant patients. It recommnended that treatment with corticosteroids should be modified to use non-fluorinated glucocorticoids and that Il-6 inhibitors and monoclonal antibodies ...
If the Affordable Care Act were repealed, the national uninsured rate would rise, a trend that would hit hardest in those states that had more uninsured before the law. Where Your State Stands. Between December 2013 and December 2016, the national uninsured rate fell from 17.3 percent to 10.8 percent.