The external resources below (updated on a rolling basis) provide information and analysis as Congress and the Trump Administration consider changes to federal Medicaid funding, rules and regulations:
Impact on Jobs
- California Could Lose Up to 217,000 Jobs if Congress Cuts Medicaid (UC Labor Center, April 2025)
- California Health Care Employment by District and County 2023 (UC Labor Center, May 2025)
- How Potential Federal Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP Could Trigger the Loss of a Million-Plus Jobs, Reduced Economic Activity, and Less State Revenue (Commonwealth Fund, March 25, 2025)
Impact on Latinos
Impact on State Budgets
- States in the Bull’s-Eye of Medicaid Cuts (The Century Foundation, April 2025)
- Putting $880 Billion in Potential Federal Medicaid Cuts in Context of State Budgets and Coverage (Kaiser Family Foundation, March 24, 2025)
Impact on Seniors
- A Cut to Medicaid is a Cut to Medicare (Justice in Aging, Community Catalyst, Medicare Rights Center, and the Center for Medicare Advocacy, March 4, 2025)
- Federal Cuts to Medicaid Will Harm Older Californians on Medi-Cal (Justice in Aging, February 2025)
- Webinar Replay: Protecting Medicaid for Older Adults: What’s at Risk and what Advocates Can Do (Justice in Aging, February 4, 2025)
Per-Capita Caps
- Medicaid Per Capita Cap Would Harm Millions of People by Forcing Deep Cuts and Shifting Costs to States (Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, January 2025)
Restricting Provider Taxes
Work Requirements
- Medicaid Work Requirements Undermine Rural Healthcare (National Health Law Program, April 2025)
- Paperwork Over People: Why Republican “Work Requirements” Fail Families (California Budget & Policy Center, March, 2025)
- Eight Million Medi-Cal Enrollees at Risk of Losing Health Coverage If Congress Imposes Work Requirements (UC Labor Center, March 25, 2025)
- Medicaid Work Requirements Would Gut State and Local Economies. (National Health Law Program, March, 2025)
- Medicaid Work Requirements Could Put 36 Million People at Risk of Losing Health Coverage (Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, February 5, 2025)
- Medicaid Work Requirements: Current Waiver and Legislative Activity (Kaiser Family Foundation, November 2024)
