Myths and Truths of the Mega Budget Plan

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16
PROGRAM #10837 12:00 PM PT

Myths and Truths of the Mega Budget Plan. 

Donald Trump’s so-called Big Beautiful Bill was signed, claiming that the historic Medicaid budget cuts will be achieved by removing almost a million and a half undocumented immigrants from the health care program. It was also claimed that millions of beneficiaries don’t work, abusing the system. What’s myth and what’s fact? How may the new law impact Latino patients, doctors, and families?

Guests: Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, Chief Demographer, Latino GDP Project, Professor of Medicine and Director, Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture, UCLA; Dr. Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda, Associate Professor, Chicana and Chicano Studies Department and Executive Director, North American Integration and Development Center, UCLA and Executive Director, SF Global; Dr. Ilan Shapiro, Correspondent and Medical Affairs Officer, AltaMed Health Services; Los Angeles, CA.

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