Newsom forced to roll back unwise Medi-Cal expansions

After the state unwisely expanding Medi-Cal in recent years, the program has descended into a fiscal crisis. Now Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes to roll back some of the expansions, but it may be too little too late given pending actions at the federal level.
Covering more than one-third of Californians, the Medi-Cal program’s costs are projected to escalate from $179 billion in FY 2024-2025 to $194.5 billion in FY 2025-2026. Most of this money comes from the federal government, and these feder