More than 350 physicians from throughout California marched on the Capitol last Tuesday to protest 10 percent cuts to the state’s Medi-Cal program, which funds health care for California’s low-income patients.

Doctors wearing white coats walked from the Sacramento Convention Center to the capitol carrying a 16-foot wide, red and blue banner that read: “Medi-Cal Cuts Cost ALL Californians.” The march was part of the CMA’s 34th Annual Legislative Leadership Conference, which was attended by more than 500 physicians, medical students, residents, and medical executives from throughout the state.  Local television news outlets in LA, San Francisco, and the Central Valley covered the march, as did two statewide radio news programs.

Contact: Jennifer Williams, 916/444-5532 or jwilliams2@cmanet.org.