03/29/2024

Obamacare Repeal Could Punch $15 Billion Hole in State Budget

When Gov. Jerry Brown unveils his 2017-18 budget Tuesday, there will be one huge question mark hanging over the proposal: What will it cost California when congressional Republicans follow through on their promise to dismantle Obamacare?

GOP lawmakers, along with President-elect Donald Trump, have vowed to repeal the landmark health care law and replace it with something. But what that something will be is still unknown — and since California wholeheartedly embraced the Affordable Care Act and insured millions of poor residents through its Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, any rollback is likely to punch a huge hole in the state budget.

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