If Congress approves the proposed federal Medicaid cuts, millions of Californians could lose access to health care through Medi-Cal.
The proposed cuts threaten access to life-sustaining and life-saving health care. But the danger does not stop there. Cuts to Medicaid would also be disastrous for our economy, with ripple effects that would hurt everyone in California.
These Californians are not strangers. They are cashiers at our local grocery store. They are senior citizens who live in nursing homes in our communities. They are children and young adults whose main source of care is through the Medi-Cal program. Every Californian deserves to have a healthy life, and this fundamental right will be taken away if the Medi-Cal program is cut…