Almost none of the patients know this, because Molina Healthcare hasn’t sent them notifications or made any public announcement of the change; none is expected to go out by mail until Dec. 31. Although state officials discourage notification to individual patients to avoid “confusion” in case the changes don’t become necessary, nothing prevents the company from making a general announcement that a change may be pending. This column may be the first inkling most of them receive that their healthcare arrangements will be upended a mere six weeks from now.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 14, 2018 14:48 UTC