California should restore the Healthy Families program
Friday, August 31, 2012 - 11:01
in Mathematics & Economics
Gov. Jerry Brown moved to end the Healthy Families insurance program for low-income children. Lawmakers should reinstate it.One of Gov. Jerry Brown's budget-cutting moves this year was to end the Healthy Families insurance program for low-income children and cover them instead through Medi-Cal, the state's version of Medicaid. Now, at the very end of the legislative session, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing to restore the program and boost its funding. Although we're skeptical of 11th hour bills, we agree that Healthy Families should be reinstated.