Proposition 35 is supported by the Coalition to Protect Access to Care, which includes a variety of groups involved in health care. These include the California Hospital Association, California Medical Association, California Primary Care Association, California Family Planning affiliates, labor unions, emergency responders, and community health centers. Both California Democrats and California Republicans support it.
President Jody Hicks said the ballot measure is an opportunity to “invest in health care providers in a way that allows them to expand the number of patients” they serve, adding that they already support Medi-Cal patients. He said it would be an opportunity for health care providers in the region to “expand the services they offer.” Chief Executive Officer of California Family Planning Affiliates, Inc.;
It’s important that “the whole system is funded so that patients get the care they need,” Hicks said. For example, if Medi-Cal patients can get a mammogram in a doctor’s office, they should also have access to specialized care if that mammogram shows something abnormal, she said.
California has made progress toward expanding Medi-Cal eligibility and the services it covers, “but we need to ensure that people in the program can access those services.” be.”
Erin Kelly, executive director of the Children’s Specialty Care Coalition, told lawmakers, “If Prop. 35 does not pass, Medi-Cal provider rates could be reduced every year, leaving medical organizations with no certainty. , the predictability to make the meaningful and sustainable investments needed to improve access to Medi-Cal programs for children in need of skilled care.”
