As Medicaid Cuts Loom, California Health Clinics Face Uncertain Future
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🗓️ 13 August 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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| 1:06.6 | Coming up on forum, the massive Republican spending bill President Trump signed into law |
| 1:11.2 | slashes an estimated $150 billion in federal Medicaid funding over the next 10 years, just |
| 1:17.3 | to California alone. |
| 1:19.1 | That means millions here are expected to fall off the rolls as some 40% of Californians |
| 1:24.9 | rely on Medi-Cal for health coverage. |
| 1:30.6 | Healthcare providers are bracing for impacts, |
| 1:34.9 | especially in places that are already struggling to serve all who need care. |
| 1:38.9 | This hour, we talk to health clinic leaders in the Central Valley, |
| 1:42.6 | Shasta County, and Los Angeles to hear how they're preparing. |
| 1:48.5 | Join us. Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. Hospitals and clinics that serve California's Medicaid patients, |
| 1:54.8 | called Medi-Cal here, are preparing for impacts from President Trump's spending bill, |
| 2:00.2 | implementing hiring freezes, |
| 2:01.6 | weighing the services they may need to cut first. Some 40% of Californians rely on Medi-Cal, |
| 2:08.6 | and more than 3 million are expected to or are at risk of losing that coverage. |
| 2:13.6 | Joining me are health clinic leaders in the Central Valley, Shasta County, and Los Angeles, |
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