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(By Emily Bazar for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

Alondra Diaz can\u2019t get enough of Elmo and Barney, and she adores picture books.<\/p>\n

The 14-year old, who will enter high school next week, has several complex and debilitating medical conditions, including epilepsy,\u00a0microcephaly and a mitochondrial disorder. Her long-standing team of doctors \u2014 a neurologist, geneticist, orthopedist, pediatrician and others \u2014 is primarily based at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where Diaz lives.<\/p>\n

But Diaz may lose access to that team because of a recent move by the state agency that administers Medi-Cal, California\u2019s version of the Medicaid health insurance program for low-income residents. Continue reading article here…<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.<\/p>\n

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