Richard Frankenstein M.D., President of the California Medical Association, issued the below statement in response to the Governor's proposed budget, which cuts $1.1 billion in state funds from Medi-Cal, the state's health care program for low-income families. These cuts cost California $1 billion in additional federal matching funds. In total, the Governor's proposed budget would drain more than $2 billion away from health care for California's low-income families.
Cutting the budget for Medi-Cal will only exacerbate the problems the Governor's health reform plan was designed to solve. Fewer Medi-Cal dollars will mean less access to doctors for low-income families, more patients in emergency rooms, and higher health care costs for everyone. The health-care plan proposed by Governor Schwarzenegger and Speaker Nuñez recognizes that California can't afford to ignore this important source of revenue.
California Medical Association Responds To Governor Schwarzenegger's Proposed Budget
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