East Bay Times: Alameda Health System confronts ‘nuclear option’ budget after Medicaid cuts

Alameda Health System (AHS) CEO James Jackson spoke with the East Bay Times about the budget cuts AHS faces in a recently published, comprehensive article.

“The vast majority of who we see is on some form of government care, whether it’s Medi-Cal or Medicare,” Jackson said. “They’re not going to just disappear. What we believe will likely happen is that they will forego care, or they will wait until it’s so bad, it’s exacerbated, and they end up in the emergency room.”

AHS is confronting a $100 million annual loss in revenue by 2030. Read the full story here.