First 5 Fresno County Executive Director Fabiola González was the author of a recent op-ed featured in The Fresno Bee and The Merced Sun-Star.
The op-ed focuses on the importance of ensuring that low-income families in the Central Valley have access to health care, especially those who rely on Medi-Cal for health insurance coverage, and how requirements to re-enroll in Medi-Cal coverage annually, which have been lifted during the public health crisis, can put children at risk of losing coverage and missing out on vital well-child visits.
Read the full op-ed here.