On a warm spring afternoon in Bakersfield, California, community leaders, patients and advocates gathered at the Bakersfield American Indian Health Project to voice concerns about a looming threat: the proposed $880 billion in cuts to the federal Medicaid budget.
The Wednesday, April 30 meeting brought the community together to speak out about what these cuts could mean for Kern County.
We don’t have a backup plan,” said Tara Gray, managed care plan tribal liaison at the Bakersfield American Indian Health Project…