San Diego's healthcare provision is straining due to expansion of the Medi-Cal program. A report by Medi-Cal has found that the number people in San Diego's with Medi-Cal coverage had doubled to five . Ha Tu, report co-author, said the greatest area of challenge lay in access to San Diego specialty care and behavioral health care, with many specialties declining to treat the California Health Care Foundation patients because of low reimbursement rates. Aired 7/14/16 on KPBS News The report also looked at health care systems in the county and found that while some have gained market share others have lost out.
San Diego's healthcare provision is straining due to expansion of the Medi-Cal program. A report by Medi-Cal has found that the number people in San Diego's with Medi-Cal coverage had doubled to five . Ha Tu, report co-author, said the greatest area of challenge lay in access to San Diego specialty care and behavioral health care, with many specialties declining to treat the California Health Care Foundation patients because of low reimbursement rates. The report also looked at health care systems in the county and found that while some have gained market share others have lost out.