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County officials warn federal shutdown, HR 1 could cut health funding and disrupt services
Summary
County advisers told the Health and Hospital Committee that a continuing federal government shutdown and House bill HR 1 threaten large cuts to Medicaid-related funding and other programs, and staff outlined local consequences including possible CalFresh payment interruptions and pressure on county health services.
County officials told the Santa Clara County Health and Hospital Committee on Oct. 13 that a continuing federal government shutdown and provisions in House Resolution 1 (HR 1) pose immediate and substantial fiscal risks to county health programs.
Bert Margolin of the Margolin Group told the committee that two central Democratic budget priorities are a repeal of large Medicaid cuts in HR 1 and an extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits. "The first has been a repeal of the $1,000,000,000,000 Medicaid cut, which could produce as many as 50,000,000 people losing their health coverage," Margolin…
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