“The cuts to the Medicaid program will mean real harm to real people in communities large and small across California,” said Carmela Coyle, President & CEO of the California Hospital Association. “These are the largest cuts to our health care system ever enacted and are far too deep for hospitals simply to ‘absorb.’”
“Hospitals will be forced to make difficult decisions, and access to vital health care services will be jeopardized for all Californians — not just those who rely on Medi-Cal for their health care coverage,” Coyle said.
“While the final tally of the damage that will be inflicted is still unknown, California hospitals could lose up to 30% of their Medi-Cal revenues over the next decade,” Coyle said. “And this estimate does not include the increase in uncompensated care losses that hospitals will incur resulting from coverage losses and the cuts the state will inevitably be forced to make due to federal funding reductions.”