Posts Tagged: Medicaid program

There’s nothing beautiful about cutting Medicaid

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by HIRAM SOTO posted 06.02.2025

OPINION – While there is extreme uncertainty about where the economy is headed, we know this much: Gutting Medicaid does not create prosperity. It pulls loved ones out of the workforce, it lowers consumer spending, increases personal debt and weakens the economy for everyone.

Richard Pan, strong backer of vaccinations, to leave Legislature

Sen. Richard Pan delivers remarks on the Senate floor. (Photo: Rich Pedroncelli, AP)

by ANGELA HART posted 08.29.2022

A California lawmaker who rose to national prominence by muscling through some of the country’s strongest vaccination laws is leaving the state Legislature later this year after a momentous tenure that made him a top target of the boisterous and burgeoning anti-vaccination movement.