California's Health Care Crisis

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California’s health care costs have spiraled out of control due to massive Medicaid expansion

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Gov. Gavin Newsom faces a tough political decision: renege on his promise to achieve universal health care.

Newsom backed major Medicaid initiatives he backed, including the nation’s largest expansion of taxpayer-financed health care for immigrants living in the U.S. without legal permission.

With nearly 15 million people enrolled in Medi-Cal , California has more to lose on health care than any other state.

The exorbitant cost has come as somewhat of a surprise.

Newsom expanded Medi-Cal in three phases, starting with immigrants ages 19 to 25 , who became eligible in 2020 .

But the costs have grown tremendously while the budget picture has soured, according to KFF Health News .

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