What is Prop 35? Look at California measure focused on healthcare insurance

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- California voters volition see permanently approving a healthcare taxation successful November. Proposition 35 would authorize the authorities to support a taxation connected immoderate managed healthcare security plans, similar Kaiser Permanente.

"That wealth volition beryllium directed for the Medi-Cal programme successful California," Justin Preas said. He runs the United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley.

Preas said utilizing the taxation gross to money Medi-Cal helps guarantee low-income Californians tin get the healthcare they need. Prop 35 could interaction galore of his 175,000 patients.

"We particularly service the underserved radical successful our communities," Preas said. "So, patients that are connected Medi-Cal. Patients that don't person insurance."

The taxation connected managed wellness attraction security plans began successful 2009, but it has ne'er been permanent. The authorities legislature re-approves it each fewer years.

Supporters accidental the dedicated tax-and Prop 35-means the authorities does not person to instrumentality Medi-Cal wealth from the wide money and support it for different uses instead.

But immoderate citizens person concerns.

"Prop 35 makes it overmuch harder for kids, similar my son, to entree attraction astatine home," Jenny McLelland said.

Her 13-year-old lad receives nursing attraction astatine home, wherever helium uses a ventilator astatine night. It keeps him retired of the hospital, which McLelland says lets him absorption connected being a kid.

"Prop 35 locks the Medi-Cal rates for location nursing attraction astatine debased levels that marque it truthful hard for families similar excavation to work," McLelland said.

There is nary stated absorption to Prop 35 connected the ballot, but McLelland worries the connection focuses excessively overmuch connected infirmary attraction and does not money the benignant of location attraction her lad needs.

"California needs to money the systems that support disabled radical harmless and steadfast astatine home," McLelland said.

One caller estimation predicts Proposition 35 would bring betwixt $7 cardinal and $8 cardinal to the authorities annually. Officials similar Preas accidental they desperately request that wealth for healthcare facilities.

"That galore volition beryllium directed toward diligent care," Preas said. "Providing levels of gross and reimbursement for our providers successful the authorities to beryllium capable to spend to supply these services to patients."

If Proposition 35 fails and the taxation does not go permanent, the authorities legislature could ballot to temporarily widen it erstwhile the existent taxation expires successful 2027.

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