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DESCRIPTION:San Francisco Gray Panthers is hosting an informational meeting on the 
 threats to Medi-Cal and Medicaid in the face of the worst state budget 
 deficits in fifty years, persistent long-term unemployment, growing 
 healthcare costs, 20 million new seniors with chronic diseases on the 
 horizon, and a government determined to overturn the advances of the 1930s 
 New Deal and the 1960s Great Society.  The threats include drastic budget 
 cuts in the short term and major restructuring in the long term.  Members 
 and guests will present and discuss all of these issues.\n\nCurrently, 
 Medicaid is run by states in accordance with federal guidelines and is 
 financed by Federal-State cost-sharing, where each state dollar is matched 
 by one to three federal dollars, without limit. In the future, the 
 government is planning block-grants, where the federal government gives 
 states fixed amounts with minimal yearly increases, and states are forced 
 to determine how to administer Medicaid with the reduced funding.  It is an 
 end to federal entitlements: states would be forced to decide who gets 
 Medicaid and what the benefits are.  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/29113.php
SUMMARY:Restructuring Medicaid & Medi-Cal
LOCATION:Unitarian-Univeralist Church  1187 Franklin (at Geary), San Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/29113.php
DTSTART:20040120T210000Z
DTEND:20040120T230000Z
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