The Brief
- Santa Clara Valley Regional Medical Center says more than 460,000 people across the county rely on Medicaid, managed as MediCal in California, for healthcare access.
- The County Executive for Santa Clara County says the cuts to Medicaid will result in more than a billion dollars in lost revenue for Santa Clara County Health.
- County leaders plan to ask the State of California to allocate more funding to support the public hospitals across Santa Clara County.
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Santa Clara County leaders are sharing more concerns about President Trump’s bill HR-1; they say the cuts to Medicaid funding in the bill will have a massive impact on healthcare for Californians.
They say the changes buried in the bill include a trillion dollars in cuts to Medicaid, and that will leave more than 450,000 people in Santa Clara County without healthcare coverage. They also say they are ready to take a stand.
“I would love to be wrong, but this is absolutely a death sentence for the most vulnerable in our community,” said Santa Clara County Supervisor Betty Duong told KTVU. …