Monterey, CA Target Cuts Health Care Insurance For Part Time Employees, But some May Now Qualify For Medi-Cal

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Some part-time workers who are having their health insurance benefits cut on April 1 by Target are actually happy about the change.  "It's probably a good thing," one employee told a reporter.  "If they kept that in place, I probably wouldn't be able to go to HealthCare.gov," she said.  The 63-year old woman had already done research and found out that she'll pay less out-of-pocket expenses with an Obamacare plan due to the high co-pays which came with the Target insurance plan.  In addition, Target is giving employees a $500 subsidy to buy insurance.  Some workers may make so little money that they will qualify for free Medi-Cal insurance now.  Target announced that it was making the change because employees were disqualified from getting a policy through the HealthCare.gov web site if they had an affordable policy available from their employee. 

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