Healthy Families Imposes Waiting List

The California SCHIP program, Healthy Families, has now officially added a waiting list for new enrollments going forward into the new fiscal year. Shortfall for the program is $90M in the general fund with a total underfunding of $270M for the childrens health insurance program.http://www.mrmib.ca.gov/MRMIB/HFP_Wait_List_Effective_7-17-09.pdf