Axios - Over 120 major organizations throughout California, including health providers, unions and religious groups, are warning Gov. Gavin Newsom to keep the state's Medicaid program fully funded or risk losing their support. Newsom ran on a universal health care platform. But with a $68 billion budget deficit and presidential ambitions on the horizon, access for the state's most vulnerable populations could now be on the chopping block.
Under Newsom's proposal, undocumented immigrants 19 and older would be entitled to emergency medical and pregnancy care but lose coverage for expenses like prescription drugs, dental care and doctor's visits if they don't enroll before January...
Newsom's office pointed to remarks he made last month when asked for comment.
- "I don't want to be in this position, but we are in this position. And instead of rolling back the program — meaning cutting people off for basic care — we're capping it," he said during his revised budget proposal. Read more
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