Proposition 35: Funding Medi-Cal

Bay Curious

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4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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As our Prop Fest series continues, KQED Health Correspondent Lesley McClurg joins us to explain Prop. 35, which aims to improve Medi-Cal access by making an existing tax on health insurance companies permanent and restricting the allocation of funds to certain Medi-Cal providers. Additional Reading: Read a transcript of this episode Check out the KQED Voter Guide Sign up for our newsletter Enter our Sierra Nevada Brewing Company monthly trivia contest Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts This story was reported by Lesley McClurg. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Amanda Font, Christopher Beale, and Ana De Almeida Amaral. The Bay is made by Alan Montecillo, Ericka Cruz Guevarra and Jessica Kariisa. Additional support from Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Holly Kernan, and the whole KQED family.

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1:07.2	About four. About 14 million Californians rely on Medi-Cal as their primary source of health insurance.
1:22.0	Medi-Cal covers some of the state's most vulnerable patients,
1:25.8	low-income people, seniors, and people with disabilities.
1:31.1	Despite it being a lifeline for so many people, some folks are worried that state
1:36.1	funding for Medi-Cal isn't stable. I'm Olivia on Price, host of Bay Curious.
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