KELSEYVILLE
Join Us at The Fiddler’s Jam this Sunday
This Sunday, come and de-stress with all your music-loving friends at Ely Stage Stop. In addition to the classic old time music, there are lots of exhibits to explore, including some of our collection of fully restored historic carriages.
Music is from 12 to 2 p.m. Gates open at 11 a.m. We’ll have our delicious barbecue favorites, plus wine and beer. You’ll feel restored and relaxed!
*We are now charging an admission of $5 per person. Members of LCHS and those 18 and younger are free. All proceeds will go towards the Carriage House Fund.
Join Us on July 12 for ‘The Murder of Officer Hellbush’
July’s lecture is The Murder of Officer Hellbush, presented by Historian Phil Smoley. Phil is a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. This will be a fascinating evening!
Lectures are free to Historical Society members or $10 at the door for non-members. Join as a member at the door and get access to all remaining lectures.
All lectures are from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and are held in the red barn at Ely Stage Stop. See you there!
The Ely Stage Stop & Country Museum is located at 9921 Soda Bay Rd. (Highway 281) Kelseyville.
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FAIRFIELD
Partnership HealthPlan of California responds to passage of Congressional bill with huge Medicaid cuts
Medicaid has been the cornerstone of America’s health care promise — delivering critical services that transform lives and ensure essential health care remains within reach, from rural communities to suburban neighborhoods.
For more than 30 years, Partnership HealthPlan of California has been committed to ensuring access to quality health care for our most vulnerable community members. This week, Congress and the president made $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts that will impact our members, along with the entire Medi-Cal program.
In Partnership’s 24 counties, Medicaid is an economic engine, helping to fuel the small business workforce with reliable health coverage, keeping emergency rooms open 24/7, and supporting nurses and doctors who choose to practice throughout our service area.
Our commitment to the members we serve remains unwavering. Partnership’s members can be assured that we are dedicated to finding solutions to maintain and support their health and the providers who care for them.
Our mission to serve California’s safety net population continues, and we will meet this challenge the same way we always have — by working together.
About Partnership HealthPlan of California: Partnership is a community-based, safety-net health care organization that contracts with the state to administer Medi-Cal benefits. Partnership provides quality care to over 900,000 Medi-Cal members. Starting in Solano County in 1994, Partnership now serves 24 Northern California counties – Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Marin, Mendocino, Modoc, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, and Yuba. Learn more about Partnership at PartnershipHP.org.
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SACRAMENTO
Governor Newsom’s statement on passage of Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Betrayal’
Governor Gavin Newsom issued the following statement after House Republicans passed what the governor called President Trump’s Big, Beautiful Betrayal:
“This bill is a tragedy for the American people, and a complete moral failure. The President and his MAGA enablers are ripping care from cancer patients, meals from children, and money from working families — just to give tax breaks to the ultra-rich. With this measure, Donald J. Trump’s legacy is now forever cemented: he has created a more unequal, more indebted, and more dangerous America. Shame on him.”
“The national debt-adding bill is a massive tax break for the wealthiest Americans, at the cost of programs and services used by everyday families. It gives tax breaks to the ultra-rich, balloons our national debt, and guts programs that Americans depend on – including health care, food assistance, and public safety programs,” noted Newsom. The governor went on to enumerate the ways he estimates the bill will hurt Americans including:
- Puts 686,000 California jobs at risk, through the elimination of the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy tax credits. NABTU says that if enacted, “this stands to be the biggest job-killing bill in the history of this country.”
- Roughly 17 million people would lose coverage and become uninsured by 2034 due to various Medicaid reductions and the exclusion of enhanced premium subsidies.
- Cuts necessary food assistance for people for 3 million people nationwide in need of quality nutrition and food.
- Establishes a tax hike for parents who pay for child care.
- Rural hospitals across the state are likely to see care offered cut or doors closed entirely.
For more information about the state office’s response to the passage of the bill, visit https://www.gov.ca.gov/
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