Rally outside Calvert’s office urging he block potential Medicaid cuts
People with disabilities and supporters gathered Monday outside Rep. Ken Calvert’s office to protest potential cuts to Medicaid.Click to read Rally outside Calvert’s office urging he block potential Medicaid cuts>
California Showdown Over Medicaid as GOP Approves Massive Cuts
Health care advocacy groups and unions that represent health care workers are hoping to take advantage of their vulnerability by energizing voters in their districts to demand they vote against Medicaid cuts or else face massive backlash when up for reelection in 2026. Click to read California Showdown Over Medicaid as GOP Approves Massive Cuts>
Health advocates slam House move that could lead to massive Medi-Cal cuts
Kiran Savage-Sangwan, executive director of the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, is asking voters to get in touch with their local members of Congress. “Devastating health-care cuts can still be stopped,” she saidClick to read Health advocates slam House move that could lead to massive Medi-Cal cuts>
A Mother’s Battle to Protect Her Son’s Care
Medicaid is a lifeline for people with disabilities like Josh Lockwood-Wewer. As GOP lawmakers push for cuts, his mother is taking a stand.Click to read A Mother’s Battle to Protect Her Son’s Care>
‘If They Cut Too Much, People Will Die’: Health Coalition Pushes GOP on Medicaid Funding
Tina Ewing-Wilson remembers the last time major Medicaid cuts slashed her budget.
In the late 2000s, during the Great Recession, the pot of money she and other Medi-Cal recipients depend on to keep them out of costly residential care homes shrank.Click to read ‘If They Cut Too Much, People Will Die’: Health Coalition Pushes GOP on Medicaid Funding>