Medi-Cal Is a State Subsidized Health Insurance Program

In California, there is better benefits because of extra taxes you pay. Medi-Cal is basically a state subsidized health insurance if you don't make enough money. If I would have taken that, I wouldn't have had an income. So I couldn't take it. And again, losing this job, it was like, okay, I can't have the same insurance I had. That seriously gave me a lifeline"