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DESCRIPTION:Preserve Medi-Cal! Stop payment cuts to Medi-Cal providers!\n\nWednesday, 
 February 18, 9 AM\nOld Federal Courthouse, 7th St & Mission, 
 SF\n\nSchwarzenegger is trying to overturn a Federal Court decision that 
 blocked California from imposing a 10% payment cut to the doctors, 
 dentists, clinics, hospitals, adult day health centers, and pharmacies that 
 serve Medi-Cal recipients.  California already had nearly the lowest 
 provider payments and provider-to-patient ratios in the nation, and many 
 providers are saying they cannot accept more Medi-Cal patients if the cuts 
 take place.   \n\nPharmacists, independent living centers, Medi-Cal 
 patients, and Gray Panthers from SF and Sacramento sued against these cuts, 
 and won a Federal Court ruling overturning a significant portion of these 
 cuts. The State maintains it should be allowed to decimate medical services 
 for the poorest and sickest Californians rather than tax corporations and 
 the rich to provide the necessary revenue.  \n\nThe provider cuts are 
 happening in the context of other devastating and permanent cuts to 
 Medi-Cal, including eligibility cuts for poor people and immigrants; 
 service cuts in dentistry, optometry, speech therapy, and mental health,  
 cost sharing for the aged, blind, and disabled, and cuts in county outreach 
 services.\n\nJoin us to fight these cuts!   Location: Old Federal 
 Courthouse, 7th St and Mission, San Francisco.  9 AM: Rally in front of 
 Courthouse. 10 AM: Hearing starts inside.\n\nSee SF Gray Panthers 
 declaration on this 
 suit.\nhttp://graypantherssf.igc.org/MediCal_suit_declaration.pdf\n\nContact:\nMichael 
 Lyon\n415-215-7575\nmlyon01@comcast.net\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/02/07/18568831.php
SUMMARY:SF: Rally to stop payment cuts to Medi-Cal providers
LOCATION:Old Federal Courthouse, 7th St & Mission, SF
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/02/07/18568831.php
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