Alternative Headline: Medicaid Cuts Threaten LA Clinics
[MM Curator Summary]: Medicaid cuts in Trump’s new law could deeply harm low-income LA families relying on safety-net clinics.
========================================
LOS ANGELES — Thousands of the families who utilize clinics like the Via Care Community Health Center in East Los Angeles are considered low income, already struggling to make ends meet.
Now they’re questioning what major cuts to Medicaid funding could do to the health care that they rely so heavily on for their prescriptions, their mental health services and their preventative care.
Recent analysis estimates that President Donald Trump’s "One Big, Beautiful Bill" Act will reduce federal Medicaid spending by $1 trillion over the next 10 years and increase the number of uninsured by people nearly 12 million.
Some Republican legislators say it includes new work requirements that will make the program work better for those who truly need it.
Rep. Jimmy Gomez was in town to speak with health care professionals at Via Care Community Health Center to discuss the impacts of these funding cuts that he says will be devastating for patients of clinics like this one.
COLOR CODE:
General item, but important. Gets at main point of article= YELLOW
Has a dollar amount or number = GREEN
A specific topic that seems to be different than other topics = BLUE