Editorial Warns That Budget Cuts Will Slash Health Care

Proposed budget cuts to Medi-Cal and suggested changes to the program's eligibility rules would have serious implications for California's health care system and could increase the number of uninsured substantially, an editorial maintains. The editorial urges lawmakers to consider a tax to help fund Medi-Cal.

• "Editorial: Budget Deal Will Do Real Damage to Health Care" (Sacramento Bee, 7/1).