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Health Care & Hospital Law

Jan. 13, 2011

Budget Cuts to Medi-Cal Risk Legal Battle

Although Gov. Jerry Brown has appealed to voters and lawmakers this week hoping to persuade them brazen budget cuts are virtually inevitable, he is likely to confront unswayed court opponents.


By Emma Gallegos


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Although Gov. Jerry Brown has appealed to California voters and lawmakers this week hoping to persuade them that brazen budget cuts are virtually inevitable, he is likely to confront unswayed court opponents when it comes to the $1.7 billion in proposed health care cuts.


Public advocacy lawyers who won federal court injunctions against similar cuts in 2008 and 2009 said they are already gearing up to...

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