California safety net programs need full federal financing

San Jose Mercury News ^ | 10/28/2015

[artichokegrower]

The state's Medi-Cal program has its issues, including a shortage of doctors willing to care for low-income patients. But California is still the model state for President Obama's health care reforms, having instituted a largely successful, innovative program that has slashed the number of uninsured residents in half and improved the overall health of millions.

[artichokegrower]

California to the rest of the United States. Our liberal nirvana is not sustainable. We need $7 billion from the rest of you US citizens to keep it going. Sure our "largely successful, innovative program" has 12.5 million Californians on totally subsidized Medi-Cal and any illegal alien under 19 in eligible for the program. Sure we are currently trying to get all illegal aliens regardless of age taxpayer funded health insurance. And sure health insurance costs are skyrocketing for working California citizens there are hiccups in all new programs. So how about that $7 billion?

[EQAndyBuzz]

They should be asking Jerry Brown for the money.

[skeeter]

I wouldn’t even inflict this newspaper on my parakeet.

[Drango]

The dead fish in my fridge object also.

[tacticalogic]

And the taxpayers of the other states owe them this because?

[SteveinSATX]

The disconnect in the authors premise would be mildly amusing if it wasn’t so entirely stupid.

[Darteaus94025]

Our program is SOOOOoooooo successful, and thus we need your money.

[originalbuckeye]

‘improved the health of millions’

I would like them to do a validation study of that claim.

[gibsosa]

bump

[Buckeye McFrog]

Same newspaper which has managed to convince the Black Lives Matter crowd that their out-of-control drug problem is all the CIA’s fault.

[rstrahan]

California created this mess, it should have to deal with it by itself

[bgill]

No. No, it doesn’t.

[NormsRevenge]

California is a sponge. It used to be a net plus.

When liebralism rules, everyone pays