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Placer County program aims to insure kids
Bee Metro Staff
Published 12:00 am PDT Friday, March 28, 2008
Story appeared in METRO section, Page B2
A new program in Placer County aims to ensure that every child age 5 and younger has health insurance.
The First 5 Placer Children and Families Commission this week unveiled the program, which works to enroll eligible children in government-funded insurance programs and offers a new health insurance product for those from families whose incomes are too high to qualify.
That's about 850 of the more than 4,000 Placer County children without health insurance. About 80 percent are eligible for either Medi-Cal or Healthy Families but are not enrolled.
The new insurance product, called Placer Healthy Kids, will provide comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage through Health Net, Delta Dental and Vision Service Plan for children up to age 18. In addition to First 5 Placer, funding comes from the California Endowment, the Motherlode Foundation and Health Net.
Coverage costs between nothing and $15 per child, with a maximum monthly payment of $45 per family. Eligibility is limited to families with incomes less than 300 percent of the federal poverty level, about $60,000 a year for a family of four.
For more information, call (530) 886-1869 or visit www.placer.ca.gov/cfc.
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