Community members in Kern County portray acts of civil disobedience as hundreds gather at Rep. David Valadao’s office to protest Medicaid cuts and California’s overall healthcare system on April 24.
In Valadao’s district, if cuts to Medi-Cal were to happen, over 500,000 healthcare providers, patients, and families would be affected. In response, the community has come together in a powerful show of solidarity—raising their voices in support of hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, and other vital healthcare services.
Community leader Dolorus Huerta, understands the importance of this gathering and showed up in order to make a statement to Valado’s office to say no to the Medicaid cuts that are pending in congress.
Huerta said that she has volunteered to be one of the people who will potentially be arrested in order to show Valadeo just how serious this issue is in Kern County…