Capital & Main | April 11, 2025

California Showdown Over Medicaid as GOP Approves Massive Cuts

Health care advocates and labor unions mobilize against proposed cuts, pressuring swing-district Republicans with protests, ads and town halls. House Republicans passed a budget plan this week that could slash up to $880 billion over 10 years from Medicaid, a program...

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Anewscafe.com | April 11, 2025

Working and Middle Class Revolt at Shasta County Board of Supervisors Meeting, Board Writes More Letters

Local In-Home Support Services workers and attorneys from the Public Defender and District Attorney’s offices urgently pleaded for higher wages at Tuesday night’s Shasta County Board of Supervisors meeting. The IHSS workers, under the purple banner of Service Employees International Union...

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Daily Democrat | April 8, 2025

Rep. Mike Thompson, providers and patients warn about healthcare cuts

On Friday, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04), Chief Behavioral Officer/Chief Community Health Officer for CommuniCare+OLE Health Sara Gavin, Interim Vice Chancellor of UC Davis Health Dr. Bruce Lee Hall, Yolo County Supervisor Sheila Allen, patient advocate Kate Laddish, and Susanna Hernandez...

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KRCTV-ABC 7 | April 8, 2025

Shasta County supervisors meet in temporary location and see high turnout

SHASTA LAKE, Calif. — The Shasta County Board of Supervisors convened their first meeting in a temporary location at the Shasta Lake City Council Chambers on Tuesday, drawing a significant crowd despite a routine agenda. The regular board chambers in downtown...

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Capital & Main | April 7, 2025

A Mother’s Battle to Protect Her Son’s Care

Medicaid is a lifeline for people with disabilities like Josh Lockwood-Wewer. As GOP lawmakers push for cuts, his mother is taking a stand. There is not much Josh Lockwood-Wewer loves more than Disney. The affable 33-year-old speaks almost exclusively in the...

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Capital & Main | April 3, 2025

Have Skilled Nursing Facilities Become Dumping Grounds for the Mentally Ill?

When the 911 call comes from inside the nursing home, health care workers are sometimes the victims. A couple of years ago, the trickle became a flood. Christina Lockyer-White had long known that the skilled nursing facility where she worked in...

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News Coverage | April 2, 2025

News Coverage of Rally in Delano to Honor Cesar Chavez and Support Immigrant Rights

People from across California gathered in Delano on March 31 to demonstrate their solidarity with immigrant communities and to celebrate former civil rights advocate Cesar Chavez, who once led a five-year strike challenging California farmers in Delano, demanding fair wages...

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Market Watch | April 1, 2025

There’s already a caregiver crisis. So who will take care of Mom if immigrant workers get deported?

As the first baby boomers turn 80 this year, the demand for home healthcare workers is expected to surge. At the same time, the Trump administration is ramping up its campaign to deport immigrants, who make up about one-third of such...

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The Economic Times | April 1, 2025

Is Donald Trump watching? The U.S. is facing a massive healthcare crisis, without immigrants, there’s no one to care for the elderly

America is racing towards a home healthcare disaster, according to a report. As the population in the US ages, the nation confronts an alarming task: employing sufficient personnel to take care of the elderly, as per Off The Front Page...

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Morningstar | March 29, 2025

There’s already a caregiver crisis. So who will take care of Mom if immigrant workers get deported?

There will be 9.3 million job openings for direct-care workers in the home healthcare sector over the next decade, research says As the first baby boomers turn 80 this year, the demand for home healthcare workers is expected to surge....

Arnulfo De La Cruz Immigration Caregiver Crisis
Shasta Scout | March 27, 2025

Shasta County’s IHSS Workers are Asking for a Livable Wage. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Amidst a County-wide healthcare shortage, more than 4,000 IHSS workers are serving on the frontlines for $18.10 an hour. They’re negotiating for more. In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers rallied outside Shasta’s Administrative Building for the second time this year on...

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