Local home health care workers gathered outside of Rep. Jared Huffman’s Eureka district office this afternoon to demonstrate against a Congressional Republican budget proposal that would slash billions of dollars in spending on Medicaid, threatening health care coverage for some of the 80 million U.S. adults and children enrolled in the safety net program, according to the Associated Press and other news outlets.
Clad in their custom-issue purple t-shirts, the assembled union members are employed through California’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, which provides assistance to seniors and disabled individuals while allowing recipients to remain in their homes.
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