Rural medical providers say Medi-Cal cuts will slash skilled-nursing care
Hospital officials in California's rural counties say the latest round of cuts to Medi-Cal could leave thousands of the state's neediest people without access to medical care.
Jackson doctor Robert Hartmann and UCD medical student Aurelia Smith check on a patient (to be left anonymous) in the Sutter Amador Hospital emergency department Smith is participatiing in a UCDMC program that focuses on rural medicine. She has spent 5 weeks in the Amador County under the supervision of local doctors.