More than 91,000 Medi-Cal recipients will receive letters indicating they will no longer have coverage as of Nov.30, according to the report.
Although health advocates claimed the notices "lack important details that would help recipients renew their plans," a judge did not halt the cancellation plan, according to the report.
Cori Racela, an attorney at Neighborhood Legal Services, told the Los Angeles Times she believes recipients will be shocked when they receive the notices.
According to the report, Ms. Racela's group, along with others, filed a lawsuit earlier this week challenging the renewals by asserting it was not clear what eligibility information was required from applicants when packets went out earlier in 2014.
For now, the issue is ongoing, as a hearing on the suit is expected to take place Dec. 9, and counties are allowed to notify Medi-Cal beneficiaries who have, up to this point, not given the appropriate eligibility information.
The report does note that new Medi-Cal members statewide who enrolled as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion are not impacted by the redetermination process. Also, the discontinuation notices are not the final say, as the beneficiaries who receive those will have 90 days to provide the necessary information for reinstatement, California Department of Health Care Services spokesman Anthony Cava, told the Los Angeles Times.
Still, legal groups claim the 90-day provision is not clear in the notices, and communications have not been properly translated into other languages, according to the report.
However, Mr. Cava told the Los Angeles Times that the 2014 renewal forms were translated into Spanish, and the flyers with the forms provided phone numbers for people to call if they need assistance in the threshold languages.
Those who do not comply with the 90-day time period given to update income information will have to once again apply for Medi-Cal, according to the report.
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