Low-Income Seniors, Disabled People Vulnerable To Cuts In GOP’s Health Care Bill
The vulnerable groups include 18,700 disabled people and 13,700 seniors in Stanislaus County. A separate report looks at the economic impact the legislation would have on the state.
Modesto Bee:
Report: GOP Health Care Bill Threatens The Most Vulnerable Residents In Stanislaus County
Low-income seniors and disabled people who rely on Medi-Cal have been mostly ignored in the discussion over Republican attempts to replace the Affordable Care Act, a new report says. About 90,000 of those residents in the Northern San Joaquin Valley are at risk of service cuts under the Better Care Reconciliation Act, proposed by Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate. (Carlson, 7/4)
KPBS:
California Faces Financial Pain If Senate Health Bill Passes: State Report
Devastating. That is the word state officials use to describe the effects of the Senate health care bill on California in a new analysis by the California Department of Health Care Services. The report found that by cutting Medicaid funding, the Senate bill would shift an enormous amount of costs from the federal government to the state. In particular, California would face a $3 billion shortfall in 2020. That would grow to more than $30 billion a year by 2027. (Goldberg, 7/3)
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KPCC:
California School Leaders Fear GOP Cuts To Medicaid Could Harm Special Education
California education officials are sounding the alarm over Congressional Republicans' proposed health care overhaul bills, saying changes to Medicaid could leave the state or school districts scrambling to pay for critical special education services they don't have the option of cutting... Funding from Medicaid, referred to in California as Medi-Cal, helps school districts cover the costs of serving special education students who are entitled to receive critical healthcare services in school — such as a child who needs a ventilator or a feeding tube. (Stokes, 7/3)