Medicaid must be defended

Medicaid must be defended

A movement of “Save Medicaid” rallies swept across our country and state this week. The U.S. House passed a budget resolution instructing our Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ House Energy & Commerce Committee to cut $880 billion over the next 10 years.…

Medicaid cuts will hurt

For no reason other than to pay for their tax cuts for high-income Americans, Congress may slash Medicaid when they take up the issue soon.

Statement from Sierra View Medical Center President & CEO Donna Hefner on Proposed Medicare and Medicaid Cuts - Valley Voice

View from the fourth floor of Sierra View Medical Center As discussions continue in Washington regarding proposed cuts to the Medicaid program—cuts that could total $880 billion nationwide—Sierra View Medical Center joins Central Valley hospitals and families in expressing deep concern about the devastating impacts these reductions would have on our community. “Our region is home to some of the most vulnerable populations in California, and at S…

From the Sierra Nevada to Death Valley, Rural Californians Fear Medi-Cal Cuts - California Health Care Foundation

Eastern Plumas Health Care CEO Doug McCoy at the tiny critical access hospital campus he runs in the town of Portola, in the Eastern Sierra. Photo: Andri Tabunan Stephanie Grier has reached an age when many people retire. Instead, the 65-year-old is trying to figure out how she might work two jobs if the health coverage she and her family rely on through Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, were to be drastically cut.  Grier lives in Colfax,…