California Medical Association President Shannon Udovic-Constant, M.D., issued the following statement regarding House Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid:

"The latest federal proposal to gut Medicaid is reckless. Physicians and hospitals will be pushed to the brink, forced to close their doors and unable to continue to care for their patients.

"These would be the largest Medicaid cuts in history and will leave veterans, seniors, the disabled, children and working families without health care coverage – making emergency rooms the only point of care for millions of people. Communities will be devastated, and lives will be lost.

"Congress must reject these cuts and instead focus on strengthening the safety net that protects us all. Otherwise, at least 13.7 million people will lose health care coverage."