According to a recent report by the California Budget Project (CBP), 430 Amador County children would lose health coverage under Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposal to eliminate the state’s Healthy Families Program. The program provides health, dental, and vision services to children with family incomes too high to qualify for the Medi-Cal Program.

Statewide 942,000 California children who would otherwise have been covered as of June 30, 2010, would not be covered, according to the most recent state estimate available, which, according to the CBP, likely understates the number of children affected. Eliminating the program would reduce General Fund spending by about $300 million in 2009-10, but California also would lose approximately $560 million in federal matching funds.

Amador Co. would lose approximately $393,000 in state and federal funding in 2009-10.

In Calaveras Co. 730 children would lose health coverage under the Governor’s proposed elimination. Calaveras Co. would lose approximately $671,000 in state and federal funding.

The full CBP Fact Sheet is here.