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With Measure A, Santa Clara County Hopes to Keep Hospitals Afloat

With Measure A, Santa Clara County Hopes to Keep Hospitals Afloat

Update: 2025-10-13

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Santa Clara County officials are worried about how big cuts to Medicaid under President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will hurt the area’s four county-run hospitals, which rely heavily on Medicaid reimbursements.

Now, voters are being asked to weigh in on Measure A, which would increase the county sales tax by 0.625% over 5 years to fill in roughly one-third of the county’s projected annual losses from federal cuts.

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With Measure A, Santa Clara County Hopes to Keep Hospitals Afloat

With Measure A, Santa Clara County Hopes to Keep Hospitals Afloat

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