Man, they really make it sound like it's easy for pregnant women to qualify, too. It's a real shame.
Honestly? If this was a single pregnant woman, she would probably qualify no problem. Her issue is that her and her boyfriend want to play house and she only wants to make him responsible when it's convenient to her, and let ME pay for the cost of the medical care for herself and her child. I don't see how that is fair. When I chose to have a baby, I chose the responsibility. Even those I found too expensive.
I'll tell you. I had a lady on my case load (this was years ago before Healthy Families as well) who no longer qualified for traditional medi-cal. She had a share of cost (for just herself and child) of $600 per month before the state would pay the bills. Steep? You bet. But how many of us have a medical insurance program that you pay:
zero for office visits
zero for prescriptions
zero for labs
zero for radiology
zero for specialists
zero for dental
zero for orthodontics
zero for.... anything medical/dental related and you could pick your provider. Large HMO or private practice so long as they accepted.
Fortunately for her (or unfortunately), she ended up losing her job a few months after getting it and was put back on traditional medi-cal.