California, Gavin Newsom and Medi-Cal
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The budget plan Newsom unveiled yesterday not only includes deep cuts to Medi-Cal and Planned Parenthood — it also sweeps billions of dollars from a health care ballot measure championed by a who’s who of health care interests into the state’s general fund, sparking intense and personal backlash.
"It will end up resulting in folks being unable to access health care that they vitally need, which means that they'll be living sicker," said Josh Stehlik.
Gov. Newsom walks back signature program that provided medical safety net to 1.6 million undocumented immigrants.
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to charge monthly premiums for undocumented immigrants and stop adding new enrollees to the program as soon as January.
With President Donald Trump's tariffs wreaking havoc on California’s economy and health costs rising, state leaders will have to make tough cuts
Gov. Gavin Newsom's budget plan walks back his promise to provide free healthcare to undocumented immigrants, caps overtime for in-home support service workers and reduces Medi-Cal benefits for Californians.