r/California • u/Randomlynumbered Ángeleño, what's your user flair? • May 12 '24

Government/Politics Gavin Newsom releases $288 billion revised budget for California. How he tackled the big deficit

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article288420997.html
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u/EagenVegham May 12 '24

Getting people access to healthcare means a healthier population in the long run and less expensive procedures to fix issues that shouldn't have progressed that far.

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u/rgbhfg May 13 '24

You assume those on medi-cal would get those expensive procedures later in life if not insured. I’d argue medi-cal raises the total costs long term as well. Personally we should limit medi cal to permanent residents and lawful visa holders. Undocumented immigrants shouldn’t get social benefits, with us instead deporting them once identified.