Measure on the ballot in the 2016 Multistate 2016 General Election in Mississippi.
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Get StartedA "yes" vote supports requiring voter approval to change the dedicated use of fees from hospitals to draw matching federal funds and to fund the Medi-Cal program and requiring a two-thirds vote from the legislature to end the hospital fee program
A "no" vote allows the legislature to change, extend, or eliminate the hospital fee program with a majority vote
Generates billions in federal matching funds without any state cost to taxpayers, in support of Proposition 52 (Learn more)
Prevents legislators from diverting funds to other items without voter approval, in support of Proposition 52 (Learn more)
Extends a well-working program, the Medi-Cal hospital fee program, in support of Proposition 52 (Learn more)
Generated funds can provide health care services to 13 million Californians , in support of Proposition 52 (Learn more)
Without the money provided by the tax, it could become even harder for Medi-Cal patients to find hospitals willing to treat them outside the emergency room , in support of Proposition 52 (Learn more)
Favors corporations and hospital CEOs by not requiring any measure of accountability, in opposition to Proposition 52 (Learn more)
Does not guarantee funds will be spent on healthcare , in opposition to Proposition 52 (Learn more)
California already spends billions for healthcare services, in opposition to Proposition 52 (Learn more)
Medi-Cal funds raised by the hospital tax would be spent reimbursing hospitals, not attending to any of Medi-Cal’s many other needs, in opposition to Proposition 52 (Learn more)
Extends indefinitely an existing statute that imposes fees on hospitals to fund Medi-Cal health care services, care for uninsured patients, and children?s health coverage. Fiscal Impact: Uncertain fiscal effect, ranging from relatively little impact to annual state General Fund savings of around $1 billion and increased funding for public hospitals in the low hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
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