Funding to Medicaid, the health-insurance program for low-income individuals, people with disabilities and families, will be slashed by more than $900 billion over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office—the largest cut to Medicaid in the program’s history.
Author Archives: Nova Blanco-Rico
Nova Blanco-Rico is a California Local News Fellow, reporting for the Independent on health and health care organizations in the Coachella Valley. He earned his master's degree in journalism from USC Annenberg. Nova previously worked as an associate producer at KTLA 5 and a reporter at The Press-Enterprise, covering local politics and community news. He has also written for the LAist, Los Angeles Magazine, The LA Local and CALÓ News. Aside from storytelling, Nova is also passionate about photography and can typically be found outside with his Sony camera taking pictures of nature.
