“Advocates said many either had to postpone treatment or pay cash to see doctors.”
Paying cash instead of freeloading off taxpayers? This ain’t Mexifornia s/
Holy crap, Batman, that’s sitting at a 38 billion cost per year for current enrollment, and that’s sure to keep going up, up and up as more and more illegals sign up and as medical costs per person continue to skyrocket. I guess that’s what happens when a state commits to free medicare for every human being on the planet that manages to cross the border.
OK ... a couple of thousand or more MD's put up ONE month's worth of malpractice insurance premium and go out and buy bandaids and thread and needles and mercurochrome and iodine ... gauze and tape .. a bunch'a other stuff .. distribute amongst all the contributors, use em, charge 30% the cost of the items, a fair hourly and we have reduced the medicaL cost (which is the problem) tremendously ... bill the insurance company half of what they'd allow and ... uh ohhhh ... free market economics
Actually it doesn’t make much difference. Only a limited number of doctors and facilities will take CalCommieCare. Those who have taken them haven’t been paid in 6 - 9 months and require cash up front to take any more.