Advocates Rally in Palm Desert Urging Rep. Ken Calvert to Reverse Vote on Medicaid Cuts
People with disabilities, along with their families and advocates, gathered in Palm Desert Monday to voice their opposition to a proposed $880 billion cut to Medicaid. The rally took place outside the office of Congressman Ken Calvert, who recently voted to advance a federal budget plan that advocates say would gut Medi-Cal services and disrupt the lives of millions of Californians.Click to read Advocates Rally in Palm Desert Urging Rep. Ken Calvert to Reverse Vote on Medicaid Cuts>
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>
House Republicans Vote to Rush $880 Billion in Medicaid Cuts as Part of Deliberately Vague “Bureaucratic Shell Game” that will Terminate Health Care for Millions of Californians
In a vote that could rip health care away from millions of Americans, House Republicans rushed through a resolution that directs budget committee members to slash $880B from Medicaid. California Republican members of Congress voted “Yes” on this resolution – including Reps. Kim (CA-40), Calvert (CA-41), LaMalfa (CA-1), and Kiley (CA-3). Rep. Valadao (CA-22) stood by and watched as his colleagues advanced this deadly agenda.Click to read House Republicans Vote to Rush $880 Billion in Medicaid Cuts as Part of Deliberately Vague “Bureaucratic Shell Game” that will Terminate Health Care for Millions of Californians>
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>
After U.S. Senate Rushes Through Plan to Terminate Health Care for Millions, CA Health Care Coalition Calls on CA House Republicans to Stop $880 Billion in Health Care Cuts
Early this morning, the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate jammed through a budget plan calling for $880 billion in health care cuts on a largely party line vote. The Fight for Our Health coalition of health care workers, consumer and children’s advocates, seniors and people with disabilities responded, saying House Republicans in California must now commit to voting “NO” on any plan that would terminate care for Californians, close hospitals and clinics, and hike health care prices on working Californians. Click to read After U.S. Senate Rushes Through Plan to Terminate Health Care for Millions, CA Health Care Coalition Calls on CA House Republicans to Stop $880 Billion in Health Care Cuts >
After U.S. Senate Rushes Through Plan to Terminate Health Care for Millions, CA Health Care Coalition Calls on CA House Republicans to Stop $880 Billion in Health Care Cuts
Speaker Johnson Wants to Steamroll Health Care Cuts Through House of Representatives Next Week;
Reps. David Valadao, Young Kim, Ken Calvert, Doug LaMalfa Must Vote “NO”Click to read After U.S. Senate Rushes Through Plan to Terminate Health Care for Millions, CA Health Care Coalition Calls on CA House Republicans to Stop $880 Billion in Health Care Cuts>
ABC 7 VIDEO: SoCal health care community rallies against proposed Medi-Cal spending cuts
Southern Californians participated in Tuesday’s “Medicaid Day of Action,” a series of rallies calling on congressional Republicans to reject plans to crawl back Medicaid funding. Medicaid provides health care for low-income and disabled Americans, and Democrats warn that cuts to the program would have devastating effects.Click to read ABC 7 VIDEO: SoCal health care community rallies against proposed Medi-Cal spending cuts>
