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Why Medicaid cuts should alarm every doctor


KevinMD

June 11, 2025

 

Op-ed authored by Dr. Ilan Shapiro discusses how Medicaid cuts will affect health care coverage for millions of Americans and why they can destabilize the entire health care system. 


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GOP Funding Bill Could Put CA Rural Health Centers, Hospitals at Risk


Fulcrum

June 9, 2025

 

Article features Lizette Escobedo, VP of Government Relations and Civic Engagement, discusses effects of Medicaid cuts on rural health centers. 

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How Medicaid helps our community


Univision Al Punto California

Sunday, June 8, 2025

 

Interview features Dr. Ilan Shapiro discussing cuts to Medi-Cal. 

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UCLA students exchange AI-driven data solutions in Healthcare Analytics Symposium


Daily Bruin

June 5, 2025

 

Article features Cinthya Gomez, Business Analyst for Cultural & Linguistic Equity at AltaMed, discusses use of AI driven tools to improve language interpretation services. 

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LA500 2025: Cástulo de la Rocha


Los Angeles Business Journal

June 2, 2025

 

AltaMed CEO Cástulo de la Rocha is featured as one of LA Business Journal’s 2025 LA500. 

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Live From AHCJ: Shock and Awe in Federal Health Policy


KFF Health News

June 2, 2025

 

In a special episode of KFF’s “What the Health” podcast, host Julie Rover goes live from the AHCJ conference panel Shock and Awe in Federal Health Policy – a discussion of health care policy experts featuring Berenice Núñez Constant, Senior VP of Government Affairs and Civic Engagement at AltaMed. 

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CMS Chief of Staff: House bill aims to slow — not cut — Medicaid spending


Association of Health Care Journalists

June 1, 2025

 

Article quotes Berenice Núñez Constant, Senior VP of Government Affairs and Civic Engagement at AltaMed, during a discussion on state and federal health care policy hosted by the Association of Health Care Journalists. 

Industry News


As GOP eyes ACA cuts, a conservative group highlights rampant fraud

Washington Post

June 17, 2025


Hospitals stunned by Senate GOP’s Medicaid plan

Politico

June 17, 2025


The Price You Pay for an Obamacare Plan Could Surge Next Year

KFF Health News

June 17, 2025

 

Medicaid cuts could result in more than 16,000 preventable deaths annually

STAT

June 16, 2025

 

How Badly Would Medicaid Cuts Hurt Healthcare Access in Rural America?

MedCityNews

June 16, 2025

 

Democrats introduce bill to establish a Medicare 'Part E' public option

FIERCE Healthcare

June 16, 2025

 

Trump administration gives personal data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officials

Associated Press

June 13, 2025

 

Lawmakers and Newsom are billions apart on cuts to health care, education and more

CalMatters

June 10, 2025

 

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