Federal Healthcare Reform
After learning that the new low income health program, Path2Health, was just approved by the federal government, the County Medical Services Program (CMSP) Governing Board announced it will expand health care coverage to an additional 30,000 low income adults living in 34 mostly rural counties beginning January 1, 2012 under Path2Health. This coverage expansion increases the number of low income adults served by CMSP programs to nearly 90,000 by the end of 2013. The coverage expansion is made possible by the State of California’s Federal Medicaid "Bridge to Reform" Waiver. Path2Health provides no-cost health coverage to adult Californians who live in the 34 counties and are at or below 100 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $10,890 annually for a single person. Implementation in the 34 mostly rural counties follows implementation that occurred in 10 mostly urban California counties this past summer. For specifics about the type of coverage available and for more information about Path2Health please visit http://mypath2health.org. Please contact Cyndi Hillery at chillery@rcrcnet.org with questions.