SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California faces a $6.2 billion budget gap in the state's Medicaid services, which could force Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers to reevaluate future coverage for some of the 15 million people who receive health care through the program, including immigrants. The shortfall comes a year after California launched an ambitious coverage expansion to provide free health care to all low-income adults regardless of their immigration status. That's costing far more than the state projected. California also is bracing for major budget hits if Republicans in Congress follow through with a plan to slash billions of dollars in Medicaid and potentially jeopardize coverage for millions of people. California provides free health care to more than a third of its 39 million people.
And some wonder why (D) approval is sitting in the mid-20 percentile range.
"California faces a $6.2 billion budget gap"
That's about 3% of California's budget.
What's Trump's budget gap?
About 50%.
Trump's first full month in office sees 4% deficit increase
Outlays at $603 billion in February, receipts at $296 billion
Tariff increases may show up in March receipts, official says
Figures show little impact from Trump spending cuts so far
www.reuters.com
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