Healthcare is Newsom’s biggest unfinished project. Trump complicates the task

Los Angeles Times ^ | Dec. 26, 2024 3 AM PT | Angela Hart and Christine Mai-Duc

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• As Gov. Gavin Newsom enters the second half of his final term, healthcare stands out as his most ambitious but glaringly incomplete initiative for California residents.

• The issue will probably define his national profile for better or worse, and the incoming Trump administration brings a new wrinkle.

SACRAMENTO —  Nearly six years after he took office vowing to be California’s “healthcare governor,” Democrat Gavin Newsom has steered tens of billions in public funding to safety net services for the state’s neediest residents while engineering rules to make healthcare more accessible and affordable for all Californians.

More than a million California residents living in the U.S. without authorization now qualify for Medi-Cal, the state’s version of Medicaid, making the Golden State among the first in the nation to cover low-income people regardless of their immigration status. The state is experimenting with Medicaid money to pay for social services such as housing and food assistance, especially for those living on the streets or with chronic diseases. And the state is forcing the healthcare industry to rein in soaring costs while imposing new rules on doctors, hospitals and insurers to provide better-quality, more accessible care.

However, Newsom has so far failed to fully deliver on his most sweeping healthcare policies — and many changes are not yet visible to the public: Healthcare costs continue to rise, homelessness is worsening, and many Californians still struggle to get basic medical care.

Now, some of the governor’s signature health initiatives, which could shape his profile on the national stage, are in peril as President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House. According to national health policy experts, California stands to lose billions of dollars in healthcare funding should the Trump administration alter...

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Free health care for illegal aliens! Whee!

[VRW Conspirator]

So...How can we make the illegals pay for my healthcare?

[blackdog]

Free Healthcare plans with $9K per person co-pays. The devil is in the details. Same with Student Loan shenanigans.

Apply to migrate here legally using the process, and for goodness sakes America, stop filling out student loan applications. Pay for your own damned education in whatever discipline you want to pursue for your next forty five years. That's not your neighbors responsibility.

[Gay State Conservative]

Not a dime from DC. Let Governor Hair Gel raise taxes to fund free care for 10 million wetbacks.A 25% state income tax and an 11.5% sales tax should do the trick.

[Thommas]

The issue will probably define his national profile for better or worse,..

Healthcare? Really? His national profile will avoid his unconstitutional 2nd Amendment restrictions, high gas taxes,
high electric costs, rampant illegal-alien crime, anti small business regulations, etc., etc?

Healthcare, yeah, that's his salvation.