reimbursement

Lost business revenue would not be eligible for reimbursement.

State leaders had renewed the tax last year and pledged to increase the reimbursement rates paid to healthcare providers under the Medi-Cal program, but Gov. Gavin Newsom changed plans for the funding amid a budget deficit, ultimately approving less money for rate increases than had been previously planned.

Sixty percent would go toward comprehensive homelessness services, essentially replacing the existing revenue from Measure H. Some of that would be eaten up by increases in the reimbursement rate for interim housing proposed to go into effect next year.

Dr David Wrigley, a GP and deputy chair at the British Medical Association, also called for a "rapid announcement of full reimbursement".

He said on X that many were "already on a financial tight rope" and called for a "rapid announcement of full reimbursement".