California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has requested a $2.8 billion bailout for taxpayer-funded Medi-Cal, on prime of an extra $3.4 billion for the program requested final week.
With $9.5 billion spent by Medi-Cal on unlawful immigrant well being care this 12 months, Newsom advised a press gaggle that this advantages enlargement was at the least partially accountable. He additionally shared his assist for common taxpayer-funded well being care.
“It’s partial,” stated Newsom, talking to the connection between increasing taxpayer-funded healthcare to unlawful immigrants and the $6.4 billion bailout request. “I consider in common healthcare … it’s only a core precept.”
Newsom stated rolling again the enlargement just isn’t on his “docket,” however that he’s open to “modifications.”
With an estimated 1.9 million unlawful immigrants and $9.5 billion spent by Medi-Cal on their healthcare, the state is spending roughly $5,000 per unlawful immigrant on healthcare this 12 months.
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The common unlawful immigrant in California earns $13 per hour, typically in untaxed money, or $27,040 per 12 months if working 40 hours per week. If taxed, this wage would produce $464 in state revenue taxes. Assuming 30% of remaining revenue goes to hire and the remainder goes to sales-tax certified spending, that’s one other $1,372 in state gross sales taxes.
This implies a working unlawful immigrant could contribute roughly $1,846 per 12 months in state taxes — nicely in need of the $5,000 spent by Medi-Cal, not to mention different providers similar to CalFresh, the state’s meals help program, and different advantages they might declare on behalf of their kids born in the US.
Trump-era Republicans paint unlawful immigration as a fiscal drain, noting the divide between the excessive prices of providers used and comparatively low taxes raised on even working, single people.
“Newsom doubling down on bankrupting CA by giving free common healthcare to unlawful immigrants,” stated Assemblyman Invoice Essayli, R-Corona, in response to the governor’s dialog. “He’s unfit to be Governor, not to mention President!”
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