The hole in California’s Medi-Cal budget seems to be bigger than what state officials reported just last week.
California health care officials told the Legislature on Monday that the state will need another $2.8 billion to be able to pay Medi-Cal providers through the end of the fiscal year.
That’s on top of a $3.4 billion loan that the administration told lawmakers last week it needed to make “critical” payments for Medi-Cal , the state-federal health insurance program for low-income people…