Wendy Lazarus, founder and co-president of The Children’s Partnership, a bipartisan, non-profit organization, said it is difficult to understand the logic in closing down a “highly successful” health program at the expense of sacrificing $200 million from the Managed Care Organization Assessment â” a tax that might expire this month.
“Now it’s up to our governor and legislative leaders to follow through on what they pledged to kids — making sure not a single child is transferred from Healthy Families into Medi-Cal until there is an appropriate provider for that child nearby,” she said.
