Apr 08 2025 6 mins
California is facing a $6.2 billion budget gap thanks to an ambitious expansion of Medicaid, which in California we call Medi-cal. The shortfall comes a year after California decided to provide free health care to all low-income adults in the California regardless of their legal immigration status. Undocumented adults aged adults aged 26 to 49, were allowed to apply for Medi-Cal starting Jan. 1, 2024. The cost turned out to be far more than the state projected and the expansion is having a ripple effect in Mendocino County. KZYX News interviewed Natasha Adams, senior program manager of In Home Supportive Services. Adams said there’s not enough social workers to process everyone who is seeking in home care.