In a rebuke to Trump, ...Brown signs bans on short-term health plans, Medi-Cal work requirements

L A Times ^ | Melanie Mason and John Myers

[BenLurkin]

As a left-leaning state that has embraced the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, California is unlikely to pursue work requirements for that program. But with the Trump administration backing efforts by a handful of states to impose such requirements, backers of the measure said it was important to enshrine in state law that California would not do the same.

Critics have said that work requirements will limit the care of those unable to work, including those with chronic physical ailments, mental illness or substance abuse problems. Four states have already taken action to move toward work mandates, though a federal judge has ruled against the effort in Kentucky.

Brown also signed a second Hernandez bill on Saturday inspired by efforts from the Trump administration to change key components of the Affordable Care Act. Under Senate Bill 910, California will not allow the sale of short-term health plans as a cheap alternative to the federal healthcare law enacted by President Obama in 2010.

Short-term plans are less pricey than plans sold through state health insurance exchanges such as Covered California. But they often lack a number of benefits, including coverage for maternity care, mental health services or preexisting conditions. The Obama administration prohibited insurers from offering those plans for longer than three months.

[mac_truck]

Seems more like a rebuke to the residents of California than to Trump.

[DoughtyOne]

That keeps being said, but it’s till the 5th leading GDP producer in the world.

Now the media in the state is a silent accomplice in all this, so it doesn’t bother to report on California’s actual debt.

I know they have addressed the pension fund, but I believe they did that to get the state to bail out anything it can.

Who knows how bad things actually are, but so far it’s not out there in the public.

Yes, we suspect it’s really really bad, but that isn’t confirmed for us.

[Bonemaker]

“Last time I checked, CA can’t print money.”

They are liable to come out with their own scrip.

[ColdOne]

I was shown a map of the US via LaRaza. Mexico even took over Idaho on that map. I didn’t believe it...yet as you say, here we are.

[StormEye]

"Last time I checked, CA can’t print money."

Somewhere in the Union some Leftist/Democrat Party
dominated State will try it in the future. Particularly
if conservatives (hate that term) have control of the federal
government for a long time in the future.