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CMA Files Lawsuit to Stop Illegal Medi-Cal Cuts
[Updated 11/07/03]

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Click here to download a copy of the lawsuit.

Click here for the Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction

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CMA and more than a dozen other plaintiffs joined together today to file a lawsuit against the State of California to stop the $237 million in Medi-Cal cuts that are scheduled to take effect in January.

The lawsuit and request for a preliminary injunction, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Sacramento, alleges that the 5 percent cut authorized in this fall’s budget is in violation of the Social Security Act because legislators ignored how those reductions would affect access to care for the more than 6 million poor, disabled, elderly, and children who get their health care through the Medi-Cal system. Federal law requires that provider payments be sufficient to assure patients equal access to medical care.

Contact: Heather Campbell, 916/444-5532 or hcampbell@cmanet.org.

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