Almost 15 million Californians have health care coverage through Medi-Cal, a program that stands to lose billions of dollars if Republicans follow through on proposed cuts.

Millions of Californians who rely on Medicaid face catastrophic cuts, insist the Democrats. People will pay lower taxes thanks to us, boast the Republicans. Who’s right? It’s not that simple. And no one may know for sure until much later this year.

The California Health Care Foundation, an independent nonprofit group that studies health issues, estimates that two-thirds of all residents in the district get help from Medi-Cal. Valadao represents a majority Latino district that includes most of Kings County and slices of Tulare and Kern counties.

Almost 15 million Californians have health care coverage through Medi-Cal, a program that stands to lose billions of dollars if Republicans follow through on proposed cuts.

It’s not clear which Medicaid services would be cut or how many people exactly would lose coverage because lawmakers can hit the spending reductions in a number of ways. However, Medicaid is the backbone of California’s social safety net.

Congressman Tom Massie of Kentucky — voted against it. The potentially largest cut to Medicaid in U.S. history could be a sticking point for some moderate Republicans in the long, cumbersome process ahead to pass the budget.

And in California’s Central Valley, Republicans control a district where two-thirds of the population is on Medicaid, one of the highest rates in the nation, according to an analysis of federal enrollment data by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,

For Representative David Valadao of California and other Republicans whose constituents depend on Medicaid, a vote for their party’s budget could be politically fatal. President Trump’s agenda hangs in the balance.

The Republican-controlled House passed a budget blueprint aiming to cut $880 billion over the next decade, which could include cuts to Medicaid.

The Medicaid insurance program, called Medi-Cal in California, is jointly funded by states and the federal government. States cover the upfront cost of care and then are reimbursed by the

The Medicaid insurance program, called Medi-Cal in California, is jointly funded by states and the federal government.

In California, more than 500,000 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) rely on Medicaid-funded services for their long-term care and support needs. These are our neighbors, our family members,