California Begs For Emergency Loan After Showering Illegal Immigrants With Healthcare Benefits
Opinion by Thomas English • 18h
California will borrow $3.44 billion this month to keep its Medicaid program afloat as costs for the state’s healthcare expansion, which includes coverage for illegal immigrants, continue to surge.
The emergency loan, requested by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration in a Wednesday letter to lawmakers, is the maximum amount the state can borrow and will only cover Medi-Cal costs through the end of March, according to Politico. Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones, have seized on the cost overruns.
“Typical of the secretive Newsom Administration, they just quietly dropped a damning notification that they are taking a $3.44 BILLION loan to fund free healthcare for illegal immigrants,” Jones wrote on X. “The loan is being taken from tax dollars for healthcare providers. This program is out of control.”
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