Redefining who is in poverty could bump thousands from Medi-Cal

By Sammy Caiola
California’s push to give everyone access to affordable health insurance could be disrupted by a federal plan to change the standards for poverty, according to analysts.
The Trump administration announced last month that it’s considering changes to the way it sets the federal poverty line — a measure of household income used by the federal government to determine who is eligible for certain government programs and benefits — in an attempt to better measure