Newsom proposes asset test for Medi-Cal eligibility amid California budget crisis

California Governor Gavin New Roosom proposes a “asset test” to the elderly to prove his eligibility for the advantages of Medi-Cal health care of low-income California residents in response to budget deficiency. To qualify, people will have to own less than $ 2000 in assets to qualify.

The governor said that the reasons for increasing costs include “the total high enrollment, pharmacy costs and high care costs.”

He said that in the past ten years, Medi-Cal costs have increased by $ 20.5 billion.

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He wrote: “Some of the most important factors contributing to this growth are the requirements of the Covid-19 and the implementation of changes in the main policy such as the complete elimination of the assets testing of the elderly and the full expansion throughout California who are qualified to income, regardless of the state of migration.”

The assets listed in the test will be the salary, money in a bank account, on hand, the second car, the value of the house and the pension boxes. Applicants who have more than $ 2000 in assets will be unqualified for Medi-Cal.

In the proposal of his budget 2025-26, newsom said that the costs of Medi-Cal increased starkly and continues to overcome revenues. The program cost $ 37.6 billion during the past year, and it is expected that the cost will increase by 10 billion dollars during the next year without discounts.

Along with low-income adults, many elderly people and people with disabilities use Medi-Cal benefits that include home care services.

For decades before 2024, the asset test was required for the elderly to prove their eligibility to Medi-Cal, and the news of the news will re-suggest it.

Newsom wrote that the asset test will save $ 94 million in this fiscal year and $ 791 million in the fiscal year 2028-29.

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Newsom wrote that the asset test will save $ 94 million in this fiscal year and $ 791 million by the fiscal year 2028-2029. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

California, a non -profit organization, said the proposal would cause “tremendous harm” to California.

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“While we understand the truth of the shortcomings in the budget and that the cuts will be necessary at times, the priorities and the truth of this may revise worse than what we imagined,” the group said in a statement. “It clarifies the continuous readiness of the ruler to sacrifice the health and services of human beings for the people of California, especially the disabled population, the poor and the elderly in this abundant state.”

The group added that the asset test “actually requires extremist poverty in order to continue receiving critical health care.”

For decades before 2024, the asset test was required for the elderly to prove their eligibility to Medi-Cal, and the news of the news will re-suggest it. (Getty)

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The ruler defended his proposals, according to the Los Angeles Times, saying: “Nothing is the type of work you enjoy, but you have to do that. We must be responsible. We have to be responsible. We have to balance the budget.”

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