California Pushes to Expand Immigrant Health Care

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - California Pushes to Expand Immigrant Health Care

Posted: 11/30/2014 12:33:00 PM EDT

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/california-pushes-expand-immigrant-health-care-27261245

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excerpt - President Barack Obama's executive order to spare some immigrants from deportation has galvanized Democrats,
immigration groups and health care advocates in California to push for expanding health coverage to a segment of the
population that remains uninsured.

The president's action excludes immigrants who came to the country illegally from qualifying for federal health benefits.
But California has its own policy of providing health coverage with state money to low-income immigrants with so-called
"deferred action" that allow them to avoid deportation. Immigrant and health care advocates say that means Obama's
executive order will enable hundreds of thousands of low-income immigrants in California to apply for Medi-Cal,
California's version of Medicaid.

Anthony Wright, executive director of Health Access California, said allowing this expanded group of immigrants to
participate in the Medicaid program will enable people to get primary and preventive care, "rather than just at the
emergency room."

The California Department of Health Care Services, however, has yet to receive formal guidance. A state official said
it's too early to tell how the immigration program will impact the overall Medi-Cal program, which is consuming an
increasing share of state funds.

Medi-Cal is a health program for the poor paid for by the federal government and the state. It has grown by about
3 million people in California under federal health care reform and now covers more than 11 million Californians,
about 30 percent of the state's population. The federal government is paying for the expansion, but the state will
eventually pay 10 percent of additional costs to cover low-income adults, many of whom are childless.

The state is expected to spend more than $17 billion of its own money on the program this year, up 3.5 percent a
year ago, according to the Legislative Analyst's Office.

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Posted: 11/30/2014 12:43:18 PM EDT

[#1]

Adding Democrat voters to the pool is expensive! this crap will coming to a state near you very soon, California will surely collapse (not into the ocean) under the burden that millions of illegals will put on the system. This problem will plague many other states in the coming months/years, and with what is essentially an open border with incentives like welfare/SS/government assistance/Medicare etc, the true American citizen will be the immigrant very soon.

FUCK THAT JUG EARED FUCKTARD and anyone who supports/supported/voted for that motherfucker!

Posted: 11/30/2014 12:43:40 PM EDT

[#2]

Fools.

Posted: 11/30/2014 12:48:19 PM EDT

[#3]

This is the explanation for everything.

Posted: 11/30/2014 12:54:41 PM EDT

[#4]

As if they aren't broke enough.

Posted: 11/30/2014 12:54:56 PM EDT

[#5]

Why doesn't this suprise me.

Posted: 11/30/2014 1:29:10 PM EDT

[#6]

I was in CA over the weekend and got to hear what sounded like a PSA on the radio. Sounded something like this "'Hello, my name is (insert Asian name) I came here when I was a young boy, I am undocumented. I am excited about something, something, something, access to reasonable (free) healthcare." Paid for by California/the Californian/Californians, something, something, something.' Looked over at the wife and asked if I just heard that correctly. She said, I think so. We just shook our heads. Maybe one of our CA members is familiar with the add and can link it.

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Posted: 11/30/2014 1:41:36 PM EDT

[#7]

Simple just raise taxes, on the 'rich.'

Posted: 11/30/2014 1:52:10 PM EDT

[#8]

Thought CA was broke. Nice to see they're rolling in money.

Posted: 11/30/2014 1:59:15 PM EDT

[#9]

Excellent, maybe some of the leeches in free states will GTFO and head west.

Posted: 11/30/2014 2:01:33 PM EDT

[#10]

Rule #1 of politics for Democrats...always spend someone else's money.

Posted: 11/30/2014 3:35:44 PM EDT

[#11]

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I hear the beaches are very nice there.

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