The government secures health insurance for low-income families. There are over 20 million women and 10 million children uninsured today, which is the same number of children uninsured when the CHIP program began. Medi-Cal benefits are time limited to working parents and in some cases only available at extremely high monthly shared cost payments. Since HMOs have become more prevalent, the quality of medical care and facilities has improved. Many of these visits are a direct result of lack of insurance and access to care in HMOs.
All women have free access to reproductive health care.
Welfare recipients collect easy payments, waiting for the government to take care of their children.