medi-cal

A experiment in healthcare done last year seems to not be working.
https://calmatters.org/health/2023/12/undocumented-health-insurance-new-california-laws-2024/

I got an email from Carl DeMaio for State Assembly. I learned a bit. So we are now pulling from the general taxpayer fund, which is used for schools, state highways, all those things. We are taking that money to give some people free health care. I’m fed up with it just like Carl is. Why do they get it free? How about you give them a loan and they have to pay it back? Why free?

instead of any creative options, we are just going to get stiffed with the bill, all CA taxpayers. I do not get free health care, mine is subsidized but I surely still pay! Illegal undocumented immigrants pay nothing? Why? Too many hand-outs and perks.

California’s Medicaid program has borrowed $3.4 billion from the state’s general fund — and will likely need even more — to cover ballooning health expenses for 15 million residents with low incomes and disabilities.

The state Department of Finance disclosed the loan to lawmakers in a letter late Wednesday, noting funds were needed to make critical payments to health care providers in Medi-Cal, the state’s version of Medicaid.