{"id":32360,"date":"2016-12-01T18:34:16","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T01:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/?p=32360"},"modified":"2016-12-01T18:34:16","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T01:34:16","slug":"latinas-ordeal-proves-the-success-of-medi-cal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/latinas-ordeal-proves-the-success-of-medi-cal\/","title":{"rendered":"Latina&#8217;s ordeal proves the success of Medi-Cal"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_32361\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32361\" style=\"width: 864px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Medi-Cal-Elia_02web.jpg?quality=89&#038;ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32361\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Medi-Cal-Elia_02web.jpg?resize=864%2C630&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Elia Fernandez speaks at the Medi-Cal 50th anniversary in San Francisco on Oct. 25, about how Medi-Cal saved her and her daughter\u2019s lives. Courtesy Photo: Dawdy Photography\" width=\"864\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Medi-Cal-Elia_02web.jpg?w=864&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Medi-Cal-Elia_02web.jpg?resize=600%2C438&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Medi-Cal-Elia_02web.jpg?resize=343%2C250&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 343w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Medi-Cal-Elia_02web.jpg?resize=768%2C560&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elia Fernandez speaks at the Medi-Cal 50th anniversary in San Francisco on Oct. 25, about how Medi-Cal saved her and her daughter\u2019s lives. Courtesy Photo: Dawdy Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">Under the Affordable Care Act, also commonly referred to as Obamacare, Medi-Cal has expanded to insure 13.7 million people in California.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">Elia Fernandez and many members of her family are among them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">On Oct. 25, Fernandez was invited to speak at Medi-Cal\u2019s 50th anniversary celebration in San Francisco, where she shared how health insurance through Medi-Cal not only saved her life, but her daughter\u2019s as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">Donald Trump\u2014who promised, among other things, to revoke Obamacare\u2014won the United States presidency 11 days later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">Trump seems to have backed off on his promise to dismantle Obamacare, but his Nov. 29 nomination of Georgia Rep. Tom Price, a fierce Obamacare critic, for secretary of health and human services, was disheartening news to many.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u201cCongressman Price has proven to be far out of the mainstream of what Americans want when it comes to Medicare, the Affordable Care Act and Planned Parenthood,\u201d said New York Senator Charles Schumer. \u201cThanks to those three programs, millions of American seniors, families, people with disabilities and women have access to quality, affordable health care. Nominating Congressman Price to be the H.H.S. secretary is akin to asking the fox to guard the henhouse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">As for Fernandez\u2014who was born and raised in the Mission and has been making and selling tamales for 27 years\u2014she had a similar reaction to Trump\u2019s nomination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u201cI\u2019m worried,\u201d she said, about the prospect of losing her insurance under Medi-Cal. She is unemployed and diabetic, requiring her to inject insulin, which she says can cost up to $80 for a small bottle. \u201cI won\u2019t be able to afford that.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32362\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32362\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Medi-Cal-Elia_01web.jpg?quality=89&#038;ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-32362\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Medi-Cal-Elia_01web.jpg?resize=360%2C480&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Elia Fernandez\u2019s daughter, Jazmin Fernandez, fell into a coma when she was four months pregnant with her baby Ashley Guadalupe Chun. Her Medi-Cal coverage paid for her hospital bills, which reached up to $18,000. Photo courtesy of Elia Fernandez\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Medi-Cal-Elia_01web.jpg?resize=360%2C480&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Medi-Cal-Elia_01web.jpg?resize=600%2C800&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Medi-Cal-Elia_01web.jpg?resize=188%2C250&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 188w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Medi-Cal-Elia_01web.jpg?w=648&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 648w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elia Fernandez\u2019s daughter, Jazmin Fernandez, fell into a coma when she was four months pregnant with her baby Ashley Guadalupe Chun. Her Medi-Cal coverage paid for her hospital bills, which reached up to $18,000. Photo courtesy of Elia Fernandez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p5\">It was 2008 when Medi-Cal first impacted Fernandez\u2019s life, as she listened to her daughter\u2019s constant complaints of back pain. Upon checking into a local hospital, doctors discovered that Fernandez\u2019s daughter, who was 19 and four months pregnant, had a tumor on one of her kidneys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">A successful major surgery resulted in the removal of one of her kidneys. And eight days later Fernandez\u2019s daughter was walking and ready to go home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u201cWe were happy she was going to leave the hospital after those 8 days. But she had trouble breathing at night and would cough up blood,\u201d Fernandez said. The doctors at California Pacific Medical Center issued a \u201ccode blue\u201d and rushed Fernandez\u2019s daughter into another room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u201cWhen she came out of the other room, she was connected to 14 machines, she was in a deep coma. She lasted in the coma for 11 days &#8230; while pregnant,\u201d Fernandez said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">During those 11 days a priest visited Fernandez and her daughter, ready to deliver last rites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe doctors had me choosing between her and the baby,\u201d Fernandez said. \u201cI\u2019ll never forget that.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">It was during that difficult time that Fernandez also discovered that her daughter\u2019s Medi-Cal had been discontinued. Fernandez said her daughter didn\u2019t send in the proper paperwork due to her 3-month stay in the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u201cShe wasn\u2019t living with me anymore. How is she gonna remember her health was first? So I had to do all of her paperwork.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">Fernandez, a member of the San Francisco Health Plan, told the insurance agency about her daughter\u2019s situation. With help, she was able to get her daughter\u2019s Medi-Cal reinstated and their hospital bills paid, which reached $18,000 at one point. Her daughter fully recovered and eventually gave birth to Fernandez\u2019s granddaughter, who will turn 8 on Dec. 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">But that wouldn\u2019t be the last time Medi-Cal came to Fernandez\u2019s aid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">In August of 2014, she was involved in a car accident in Vallejo as a passenger. Her injuries were severe enough that firefighters had to remove the passenger door to free her from the wreckage. She was hospitalized and bedridden for three weeks, and like her daughter years before, her Medi-Cal was cut too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u201cThere\u2019s a time when you have to renew everything, and I couldn\u2019t renew mine because I was at home, three weeks in bed,\u201d Fernandez said. \u201cI couldn\u2019t move. I couldn\u2019t do anything. And I\u2019m the only one that does all of my stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">After making calls to the San Francisco Health Plan, her coverage was reinstated, paying for her walker, physical therapy and medical bills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">She would utilize that coverage again in February of 2015, when she was hit by a car while walking on the sidewalk delivering cookies packed in tupperware. The impact launched her nine feet, and her head landed on her cookies as she crashed to the ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">I\u2019m still here because of those tupperwares,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">Today Fernandez is an advocate for Medi-Cal and the San Francisco Health Plan, urging people to apply at the Human Services Agency of San Francisco, located on Harrison Street, between 10th and 11th streets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u201cIt helps people if you\u2019re working or not working,\u201d she said. \u201cSome people are afraid to go out and get information, but the community needs to be more informed about these services.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the Affordable Care Act, also commonly referred to as Obamacare, Medi-Cal has expanded to insure 13.7 million people in California. Elia Fernandez and many members of her family are among them. 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