Recent Injunction Blocking In-Home Care Cuts Highlights Impact of Reducing Safety-Net Care

On Oct. 19, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order to prevent California from cutting services for participants in the state’s In-Home Supportive Services program.

About 130,000 IHSS participants were scheduled to lose some or all services beginning Nov. 1 because of budget cuts approved this summer.

In a California Healthline Special Report by David Gorn, experts discussed how service reductions could affect health care access and quality for vulnerable populations.

The Special Report includes comments from:

Melinda Bird, chief counsel for Disability Rights California;
Laura Dunn, medical ethicist at UC-San Francisco; and
Joseph Hafkenschiel, president of the California Association for Health Services at Home.

The California attorney general’s office said it plans to appeal the judge’s decision (Gorn, California Healthline, 10/23).

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<p>On Oct. 19, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order to prevent California from cutting services for participants in the state’s In-Home Supportive Services program.</p><p>About 130,000 IHSS participants were scheduled to lose some or all services beginning Nov. 1 because of budget cuts approved this summer.</p><p>In a <i>California Healthline</i> Special Report by David Gorn, experts discussed how service reductions could affect health care access and quality for vulnerable populations.</p><p>The Special Report includes comments from:</p><ul><li>Melinda Bird, chief counsel for Disability Rights California;</li><li>Laura Dunn, medical ethicist at UC-San Francisco; and</li><li>Joseph Hafkenschiel, president of the California Association for Health Services at Home.</li></ul><p>The California attorney general’s office said it plans to appeal the judge’s decision (Gorn, <i>California Healthline</i>, 10/23).</p><em><a href="https://www.khn.org/about-us">KHN</a> (Kaiser Health News) is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Together with Policy Analysis and Polling, KHN is one of the three major operating programs at <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a> (Kaiser Family Foundation). KFF is an endowed nonprofit organization providing information on health issues to the nation.</em><p><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KHN's free Morning Briefing.</p><img src="https://ssl.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1&t=event&ec=Republish&tid=UA-72777370-1&z=1664806266709&cid=b6ea2461-8c7f-478f-93b8-84882a0d1bd0&ea=https%3A%2F%2Fcaliforniahealthline.org%2Fnews%2Frecent-injunction-blocking-inhome-care-cuts-highlights-impact-of-reducing-safetynet-care%2F&el=Recent%20Injunction%20Blocking%20In-Home%20Care%20Cuts%20Highlights%20Impact%20of%20Reducing%20Safety-Net%20Care"/>

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