California has a $6.2 billion Medicaid funding gap partly due to expanding immigrant coverage
- California has a $6.2 billion budget gap in its Medicaid services, impacting coverage for the 15 million people in the program, including immigrants.
- The shortfall follows California's expansion to provide free healthcare to all low-income adults, which cost $2.7 billion more than budgeted due to higher enrollment.
- California currently provides free healthcare to more than a third of its 39 million residents as a result of this expansion.
- Governor Gavin Newsom stated that 'rolling back the coverage expansion is not on my docket.
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Dan Walters: Costly health care expansion worsens California’s budget deficit
When Gov. Gavin Newsom two months ago proposed a $322 billion state budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year, he projected what was depicted as a “modest surplus” of $363 million. Anyone who knows anything about state budgeting knows that it’s impossible to accurately pinpoint such a tiny figure, amounting to scarcely one-tenth of 1% of the overall budget. It could have been a number plucked from the air to make the budget appear balanced. In fact, th…
Letter: Newsom can’t handle the state of California, he will do a disastrous job running the country
Reading Steve Greenhut’s article about Newsom’s podcast and his attempts for repositioning himself for a run for the Presidency, I am appalled by Newsom’s audacity. Newsom’s terrible job as governor of California shocks me that he would even remotely consider a run for the presidency. Then I read Susan Shelley’s article about the runaway costs and deceit of Medi-Cal. Newsom’s administration initially budgeted $2-4 billion for Medi-Cal. By mid…
California Assemblyman Says Trump Must Immediately Audit Newsom’s Medicaid Program
California State Assemblyman Carl DeMaio appeared Friday on Fox Business where he called on the Trump administration to conduct an immediate audit on Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Medicaid policies. On Monday, Newsom requested additional state loans totaling $6.2 billion to cover Medi-Cal expenses while refusing to end taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegal migrants, despite a significant budget shortfall. […] California Assemblyman Says Trump …
CA Assemblyman Says Trump Must Immediately Audit Newsom’s Medicaid Program, And For Good Reasons - American Action News
California State Assemblyman Carl DeMaio appeared Friday on Fox Business where he called on the Trump administration to conduct an immediate audit on Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Medicaid policies. On Monday, Newsom requested additional state loans totaling $6.2 billion to cover Medi-Cal expenses while refusing to end taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegal migrants, despite a significant budget shortfall. During an appearance on “The Bottom
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