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Medicare and Medicaid
Proposed 10% Medi-Cal Cuts Will Cut Patients' Ability to Find Medical Care, Say Family Physicians Statewide
March 1st, 2008
Warning that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed 10% reduction in Medi-Cal payments will likely result in many physicians treating fewer Medi-Cal patients, family medicine physicians are opposing the cut. "This cut would be devastating to patient care," said Carla Kakutani, MD, president of the 7,000-member California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP). Kakutani is joined today by physicians from Los Angeles, San Diego, Bakersfield, San Francisco, Santa Rosa, San Jose, Modesto, Monterey County and other areas, all protesting the cuts because of their potential impact on patients. "A cut to Medi-Cal would inevitably lead to fewer private...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-03-01)
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