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title: Podiatry returns as Medi-Cal Benefit - California Healthline - San Mateo Podiatry Group
description: In a floor vote yesterday, the Assembly unanimously agreed to make podiatric services a Medi-Cal benefit. Podiatry had been an optional Medi-Cal benefit until 2009 when it was cut because of budget constraints along with a number of other services, including optometry and adult dental services. Some of those services, including podiatry, were reinstated at…
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# [Podiatry returns as Medi-Cal Benefit - California Healthline - San Mateo Podiatry Group](https://blog.sanmateopodiatrygroup.com/podiatry-returns-as-medi-cal-benefit-california-healthline)

 Written by [Bill Metaxas](https://blog.sanmateopodiatrygroup.com/author/bill-metaxas) | 5/28/14 9:59 AM

In a floor vote yesterday, the Assembly unanimously agreed to make podiatric services a Medi-Cal benefit.

Podiatry had been an optional Medi-Cal benefit until 2009 when it was cut because of budget constraints along with a number of other services, including optometry and adult dental services. Some of those services, including podiatry, were reinstated at rural clinics and rural federally qualified health centers after a court challenge, but most areas of California are not allowed to provide podiatry as a Medi-Cal benefit.

That would change if AB 1868 by Assembly member Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles) becomes law.

“This bill would reinstate full foot and ankle care by podiatrists in the Medi-Cal system,” Gomez said on the Assembly floor yesterday. “Eliminating podiatric services from Medi-Cal has further exacerbated an already dire access problem for low-income and disabled communities.”

Podiatric problems are a particular concern for those with advanced diabetes, a chronic disease that affects low-income and Latino communities particularly hard, Gomez said.  
 “This bill provides medical access for our most vulnerable communities,” he said.

AB 1868 was approved on a 66-0 vote and now heads to the Senate.

Podiatry Gets Vote as Medi-Cal Benefit by David Gorn

[Podiatry Gets Vote as Medi-Cal Benefit – California Healthline](http://www.californiahealthline.org/capitol-desk/2014/5/podiatry-gets-vote-as-medical-benefit).

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