Governor Brown Proposes Deep Cuts to Health Care to Curb 16 Million Dollar Budget Deficit
Governor Brown’s proposal includes cuts to CalWORKs — the state’s welfare-to-work program — by limiting the amount of time most adults could be on the program from four years to two years; In-Home Supportive Services — which provides services for the elderly and people who are blind or have disabilities — by eliminating domestic assistance for beneficiaries in shared living environments; Reductions to Medi-Cal by — by merging services for beneficiaries eligible for both Medi-Cal and Medicare; and moving children from Healthy Families, California’s Children’s Health Insurance Program, to other programs like Medi-Cal.
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