Seniors will soon find out about their premiums rising beyond rates of inflation in 2026. Comprising 11% of the CA population, 4.36 million seniors aged 65+ are among the most vulnerable members facing these attacks on healthcare.
In CA, while comprising 15.63 of the state’s population, 40% of “Latinos” are on some kind of Medicaid healthcare. With Trump’s cuts, that means soon, over 6 million face reductions or denial of healthcare.
The same goes for many working-class Asians and Pacific Islanders (APIs) in CA. We comprise roughly 15.5 percent of California’s population (39,663,800 x 0.155=) and 9.3 percent of California’s Medi-Cal population. That’s 3.69 million APIs that will be impacted by Medicaid cuts (called “Medi-Cal” in CA).
As of September 2023, approximately 55,000 Medi-Cal members identified as American Indian and Alaska Native. In addition, the Project 2025 cuts will further accelerate rural hospital closures, which is likely to impact persons needing to travel outside of existing reservations for healthcare services.
African Americans in CA number 2.17 million, comprising 5.54% of the total population. More than 1 million of them will be impacted by the Medicaid cuts alone.
Read more about the attacks on healthcare by Project 2025 and the Trump Administration:
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/01/how-trump-bill-medicaid-cuts-will-impact-us-health-care.html
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/09/18/trump-gop-healthcare-cuts-00569743
Join Asians and Pacific Islanders for CalCare or other grassroots organizations that are taking up the fight to win true single-payer reform in CA and nationally!