The Equity Cliff: Federal Medicaid Cuts Are About To Undo California’s Health System Gains Jim Hickman,Abner Mason,andJeremy Cantor July 29, 2026

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/equity-cliff-federal-medicaid-cuts-undo-california-s-health-system-gains?utm_campaign=forefront&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--KYlRxKG3FUFmLMf2k0fvOrdQ0E4Wllu1Nlv3zk2dbcAJigozQx7zavXccLxTC9neJJEPe7bf_gLzk9GJf4eqJc_j-_A&_hsmi=431087348&utm_source=hasu What California chooses in the next six months will determine whether a decade of Medicaid transformation holds or collapses and how the health and well-being of thousands or millions of California’s most vulnerable people will change as a result.