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To Patients, Parents, and Caregivers, Proposed Medicaid Cuts Are a Personal Affront - KFF Health News

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The House last week approved a Republican budget plan that could shrink Medicaid spending by $880 billion over 10 years .

Nearly 15 million people — more than a third of the state’s population — are covered by Medi-Cal .

The GOP budget plan is only partially paying for an extension of expiring tax cuts from President Donald Trump 's first term, plus some new ones he has promised.

The document greenlit last Tuesday does not specify spending cut details, though it instructs the Energy and Commerce Committee to cut $880 billion .

The House must reach a compromise with the Senate , which has passed a much narrower budget resolution that leaves the big tax cuts out for now.