Medicaid

CenCal Health is the Medicaid managed care plan for San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties.Two new mandates include: a work requirement of 80 hours per month, and a requirement to requalify for Medi-Cal eligibility every six months.

According to The Congressional Budget Office, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act would reduce federal Medicaid spending by an estimated $793 billion-dollars over the next ten years, which would affect CenCal Health, the Medicaid managed care plan, that supports over 242,000 low-income people in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties.

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