Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, provides essential health coverage to one in three Californians and is foundational to the state’s health care delivery system and economy.
15 million Californians depend on Medicaid – children, pregnant women, seniors, the disabled, veterans and low-income families.
If Medicaid is cut, patients will lose their coverage, get sicker, crowd emergency rooms and end up in debt. Californians are already waiting weeks or months to see a specialist, particularly in rural parts of the state and these cuts will only exacerbate the problem, driving hospitals, nursing homes and clinics to close.
We must preserve Medicaid funding for the millions who rely on it.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Contact Your Members of Congress: Contact Your Members of Congress: It is extremely urgent that members of Congress hear directly from their constituents about how devastating a potential $880 billion cut to Medicaid would be. CMA has made it easy and quick, with sample letters written from both the physician and patient perspectives. You are also welcome to add your own details about how the cuts will affect sustainability of your practice and/or your patients’ access to care. Click here to contact your members of Congress.
Share Your Story: Fill out the form below to share your experience with Medicaid as a patient, physician or health care professional. Your story will help shed light on why the Medicaid is vital to every Californian. Your story will remind elected officials of the people who will be impacted.
Share Your Story
Fill out our short web form.
In a few sentences, please tell us what Medicaid (Medi-Cal) means to you, either as a physician or as a patient. Some potential questions to answer:
- How has Medi-Cal been an essential lifeline for you and your family?
- How has Medi-Cal helped improve the health and life of your patients?
- How would significant cuts to Medicaid impact the ability to provide care to your community? (e.g., increased wait times for patients, crowded emergency rooms, closure of physician offices)