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After repeatedly vowing they would not cut health care for their constituents, Reps David Valadao and Young Kim sold out their communities to give tax breaks to their ultra-wealthy friends<\/em><\/p>\n

After the bill only got worse, taking further aim at reproductive health and gender-affirming care, health advocates vow to hold our GOP members of congress accountable<\/em><\/p>\n

SACRAMENTO, CA<\/strong> \u2013 On Wednesday night, 215 congressmembers \u2013 including all 9 of California\u2019s Republican members \u2013 voted to pass a budget reconciliation bill that rips health care away from millions of Americans. It\u2019s estimated that nearly 3.5 million Californians will lose coverage, no longer being able to see a doctor, seek care in a hospital, or get the medications they need to survive. It\u2019s estimated that over 5,000 Californians per year will lose their lives due to these cruel cuts.<\/p>\n

The vote will cut over $20 billion in Medi-Cal funding for our state, having a ripple effect on our entire health care system. Many of our hospitals will need to cut services, staff, or close all together. Health care costs for every Californian will go up, and ER wait times will grow.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCalifornia\u2019s GOP congressmembers turned their back on their constituents last night. After California members like Represenative David Valadao and Representative Young Kim vowed again and again that they would protect Medicaid and refuse to cut care from their constituents, we now know that was a lie,\u201d said Amanda McAllister-Wallner, Executive Director of Health Access California, the statewide health care advocacy coalition.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it gets worse,\u201d she continued. \u201cLate night amendments took a bad bill that already cut millions of Californians off coverage and made it even more harmful. There are additional draconian attacks on women\u2019s reproductive care and medically necessary gender-affirming care, and the timelines for kicking millions off of care got moved up. As icing on the worst cake ever made, the bill specifically attacks California for covering more of our residents, regardless of immigration status.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis federal action, carried out by legislators far removed from the daily realities of those impacted, casts a dark shadow over the well-being of our community in California. To deny gender-affirming care is to deny humanity and ignore the overwhelming medical consensus that underscores its necessity,\u201d said Dannie Cese\u00f1a, Director of the California LGBTQ Health and Human Services Network, a program of Health Access.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Just how bad is the version House Republicans voted for last night?<\/p>\n