Prop 35 will address our most urgent health care priorities and protect and expand access to care for 15 million Medi-Cal patients and ALL Californians.
Join UsCalifornia’s health care system is in crisis. Hospitals are closing services. Emergency rooms are overcrowded. More than 40 hospitals have stopped offering labor and delivery services. Patients wait months to see a doctor or specialist. Care for 15 million children, seniors, disabled and low-income families on Medi-Cal is significantly underfunded. And the state has repeatedly redirected more than $30 billion in health care funding to non-health care purposes.
Prop 35 will protect and enhance our health care system for 15 million Medi-Cal patients and ALL Californians. Prop 35 will secure ongoing revenue by extending an existing tax on health insurance companies — without raising taxes on individuals — and dedicate these funds to protect and expand access to care. And it will prevent the state from redirecting these revenues for non-health care purposes.
Improve Health Care Access for 15 million Medi-Cal Patients
Protect and Improve Health Care for ALL Patients
Ensure Dedicated Funding that Cannot Be Redirected
Fund Health Care Worker Training
Impose Strict Accountability Standards
Californians from across the state are making their voice heard on how Prop 35 will help FIX our health care crisis. Now we want to hear from you! Please, in your own words, tell us your story and why you support Prop 35.
Share Your Story“For too long, critical funding has been diverted away from California’s health care delivery system. Prop 35 will impose strong accountability standards and ensure that funding intended for California’s health care system actually goes toward protecting and expanding access to care. We look forward to talking to voters in coming months about the importance of Yes on 35.”
Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California President & CEO Jodi Hicks
"With more than 5 million children enrolled in Medi-Cal and over half of all births in California covered by the program, Medi-Cal is essential for ensuring health and well-being for our children and families. Medi-Cal is under significant strain, resulting in children having inadequate access to physicians, dentists, and other health care providers. This initiative is crucial for making effective school-based health care financially viable, strengthening our overall healthcare system, and securing a healthier future for California’s children and families."
Associate Director of Policy and Partnerships, The Los Angeles Trust for Children’s Health Gabby Tilley
“When people have access to health care, the whole community thrives, which is why we are proud supporters of Proposition 35. The current health care crisis means doctors’ offices are closing, hospitals are shuttering and health care workers are being laid off, all which have devastating impacts on the health of our community and our local economy. Prop 35 will provide dedicated funding to protect and improve our health care system.”
Executive Director, Central Valley Business Federation Clint Olivier
“With some of the highest Medi-Cal rates across the state, community health centers are pivotal in ensuring people have access to the care they need and deserve. Community health centers are the backbone of our community and Prop 35 will ensure we are able to stay open and expand the essential care we offer to California’s most vulnerable.”
Board Chair of the Central Valley Health Network Kerry L. Hydash
“El Proyecto del Barrio is proud to stand with the coalition in support of the Protect Access to Care Initiative. The measure, which is now officially eligible for the November 2024 ballot, will pave the way for a future where access to quality healthcare is not just a privilege, but a fundamental right. By making a permanent investment in our healthcare system, it lays the groundwork for a more resilient and equitable healthcare system that can meet the needs of generations to come.”
Esq., President/CEO of El Proyecto del Barrio, Inc. Corinne Sanchez
“Each day, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) professionals across the state of California witness firsthand the current deficiencies in our healthcare system. Chronic underfunding in the industry has systematically exhausted EMS and complicated the delivery of quality emergency care. It’s time the voters of California have a say in the future of this critical infrastructure; we join our partners in healthcare in urging voters in California to approve the Protect Access to Care Initiative, which would help ensure that the healthcare system and providers have the tools and resources needed to deliver timely, quality care to all.”
National Director of the International Association of EMTs and Paramedics Phil Petit
“The importance of this ballot initiative is finally being serious about investing in the viability of the Medi-Cal system. The MCO tax literally touches every aspect of the Medi-Cal system, and it can’t be at the mercy of year-to-year budget crises.”
Chief of Emergency Medicine at Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento Adam Dougherty
We are a coalition of doctors, health care workers, community health centers, Planned Parenthood and emergency responders. We support this initiative to permanently use dedicated funding to help hospitals, clinics and doctors’ offices stay open.
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