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Law Practice

May 28, 2009

New Lawsuits Aim to Stave Off Cuts as Budget Battle Looms

Disabled patients and unionized health care workers took steps Tuesday to prevent more than $78 million in budget cuts slated to hit statewide health care programs for the poor this summer.

By Evan George
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Disabled patients and unionized health care workers took steps Tuesday to prevent more than $78 million in budget cuts slated to hit statewide health care programs for the poor this summer.

A pair of unrelated lawsuits, filed in San Francisco federal court, signal the first round in an anticipated flurry of legal challenges to the state's plans to save money by amputating various parts of Me...

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