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Gavin Newsom: “California expanded coverage last year to provide free care…”

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Gov. Gavin Newsom Addresses California's Medicaid Budget Challenges

Published April 15, 2025 | Video Starts at 00:28

It is part of the state's solution to the $6.2 billion deficit in the budget for Medicaid. This comes after California expanded coverage last year to provide free care to all low income adults, regardless of their immigration status. Approximately 2 million people living in the US illegally live in California, according to the Pew Research Center. California now provides free health care to about a third of its 39 million residents. (00:28–00:36)

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Asserts that California expanded health coverage to all low-income adults, regardless of immigration status.

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