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With 1 out of 3 Californians on Medicaid, doctors push ballot measure to force state to pay more
- California Gov. Gavin Newsom agreed to a tax increase to balance the budget and boost Medicaid payments for low-income patient care.
- Doctors qualified a ballot measure to guarantee raised Medicaid treatment rates, independent of state decisions.
- The measure aims to attract more doctors to accept Medicaid patients with stable rate increases.
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With 1 out of 3 Californians on Medicaid, doctors push ballot measure to force state to pay more
California Gov. Gavin Newsom last year agreed to a tax increase that aimed to do two things: Help balance a budget with a multibillion-dollar shortfall, and pay doctors more money to treat patients covered by Medicaid -- the taxpayer-funded health insurance program for people with low incomes that now covers one out of every three people in the state.
·Toronto, Canada
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With 1 out of 3 Californians on Medicaid, doctors push ballot measure to force state to pay more
California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to back out of a deal he made last year to pay doctors more money to treat Medicaid patients. It's part of his plan to
·New York, United States
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