Community members worried about their Medi-Cal coverage after recent federal funding changes packed a room in a Santa Maria church on Wednesday night, waiting to hear the fate of their medical care.
Santa Barbara County healthcare workers have a plan to transition Medi-Cal patients with “unsatisfactory immigration status” to different primary care providers because of state and federal funding cuts targeting the health insurance program for serving the immigrant population.
About 7,000 out of the 30,000 Medi-Cal patients in Santa Barbara are considered to have unsatisfactory immigration status, according to county staff…