~210,000 San Diego County residents could lose Medi-Cal under proposed cuts

KPBS reports (June 2026) that advocates rallied outside state Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson's San Diego office on June 6 urging lawmakers to reject proposed state Medi-Cal changes that could strip coverage from roughly 210,000 San Diego County residents. Separately, the county estimates that the administrative cost of standing up the new Medicaid work requirement alone could exceed $300M, putting an estimated ~400,000 residents at risk of losing Medi-Cal and/or SNAP benefits.

The 210,000 figure is a new named-county denominator for the statewide cuts — it directly threatens the patient-revenue base of San Diego's largest FQHCs (Family Health Centers of San Diego, San Ysidro Health, Neighborhood Healthcare, TrueCare, La Maestra) while the signed budget moves UIS/PPS rate sensitivity into a July 1, 2027 planning horizon.