Stupid. The only people this move will hurt is patients:
Physician participation in California’s Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, is already low. The most recent estimate, from a 2001 California HealthCare Foundation survey, found that 55% of primary care doctors and 50% of specialists accept Medicaid patients. The new Medicaid cuts mean these numbers will decline further.
Doctors will do fine despite cuts in payment. It’s the patients who will suffer.
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