Opinion Piece Urges Brown To Reassess Medi-Cal Rate Cut

"Physicians believe the state's action" to reduce Medi-Cal payments for health care providers by 10% "flies in the face of federal laws intended to assure that Medicaid patients have access to medical care and undermines the goals of health reform," San Diego County Medical Society President Sherry Franklin and SDCMS Communication Chair Theodore Mazer write in a U-T San Diego opinion piece. They conclude, "We urge the governor to reassess the idea that cutting already preposterously low Medi-Cal rates will save money, or maintain, let alone improve, access to quality health care."

• "Medi-Cal Rate Cuts Hurt Health Care, Access" (Franklin/Mazer, U-T San Diego, 1/3).