As has mine. It makes me sick. California is one of the most beautiful states. The weather can't be beat. I've seen it turn from Paradise to Hell in less than 20 years, all because of a refusal to stop illegal immigration. What a d*** tragedy.
The state plans to send Kern Medical Center $20.4 million to lower the hospital's massive debt.
Assemblyman Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, helped secure the money Thursday.
He said he'd personally bring the check to the county next Friday.
"I'm looking forward to that and I'll be there to accept it," said Peter Bryan, KMC's top administrator.
KMC has racked up $70 million in county general fund loans in order to pay for services to Medi-Cal patients.
"I argued for as much as we can get," McCarthy said. "I thought this was a great amount of money."
The state is overdue to reimburse the county-run hospital for services to the poor. That's because California's Medi-Cal program is undergoing a redesign.
McCarthy said the state hasn't turned in paperwork to the federal government about its plans to change the program, tying up federal-state money for the hospital.
He said he tried creating a bill to get the money, but it would have taken too long. So he went directly to the state Department of Health Services and Department of Finance.
He said the money would bring the county into a less dangerous debt zone.
County budget analysts calculated the county would be in financial trouble if the loan hit more than $67 million. The current balance would become an emergency if it isn't paid by June 30, the end of the fiscal year.
Bryan said he was happy to get the money, but still wary of further tie-ups. He said the hospital hasn't been paid $10 million due from the state last year.
Kern Medical Center is one of the only county hospitals left in California. They might as well change that from "medi-cal" patients to illegals. It is overrun with them, they use the emergency room for a doctor's office.
Oh and by the way, that $70 mil came directly out of our property taxes since that is the only monies the county really gets.
Illegal immigration is a big part of the problem. So is the take over of the state by carpetbagger slicksters from the East Coast. Look at Barbara Boxer, Henry Waxman and Nancy Pelosi as examples. You'll also find lower levels of politics and the workplace to be filled with similar lib transplants.