Tooth decay still plagues California kids nearly a decade after Medi-Cal promised change

"California is still doing a miserable job," said Pedro Nava, chair of the commission and a former member of the state Assembly. "We have failed generations of children. We and they deserve better."

"If you were an investor in a private company, and that was the best they could do, you'd sell your stock and invest it somewhere else," Nava said. "It is a disappointment that low-income families with children have to shoulder the burden of this every day."

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