California’s Democratic leaders have decided how the revenue from a new tobacco tax increase will be spent.
Of the more than a billion dollars available in Proposition 56 money, some will go toward covering Medi-Cal patients who became eligible under Obamacare.
The rest will go toward increasing reimbursement rates for doctors and dentists who see Medi-Cal patients.
Doctors’ groups were hoping all of the money would go toward increasing Medi-Cal pay rates, which they say are far too low.
The Medicaid proposal still needs approval from the Trump Administration.