California’s Medi-Cal program is celebrating its 50^th birthday this year. State, county, foundation and advocate presenters discussed the journey Medi-Cal has taken over the last 50 years, the hot issues of today, and what might be coming in the future for this program that helps one in three Californians receive health care.

50 Years of Medi-Cal: Past, Present and Future

• Amy Adams, California Health Care Foundation
• Jackie Bender, California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems
• René Mollow, California Department of Health Care Services
• Cathy Senderling-McDonald, CWDA