Covered California restores coverage for thousands of pregnant women

Covered California has fixed its computer system to prevent pregnant women in a certain income range from being transferred into Medi-Cal without their knowledge or consent.

The fix comes nearly a year after the problem began.

Between October 2015 and May of this year, about 2,000 pregnant women were automatically dropped from their Covered California plans and placed into Medi-Cal, even though they had the right to stay with the state insurance exchange.

Some women lost their established doctors or missed prenatal appointments.

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