Newsom Approves $2.8B Bailout Caused by Coverage for Illegals

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed off on a $2.8 billion bailout.

Why? What’s wrong, Gavy?

Turns out he needs to fill in a massive hole in California’s Medicaid program.

That’s terrible. What caused it?

Oh, its the deficit surged after Medi-Cal expanded to cover illegal immigrants?

And it’s costing more than expected?

We’re all so shocked.

Also, someone call DOGE and ICE. They need to tag team California like it’s the WWF!

So now Newsom asked for $3.4 billion to help cover $6.2 billion in outstanding costs.

(Quick, someone go start a GoFundMe for him.)

Critics say the program’s unsustainable and taxpayers are footing the bill for illegals.

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Newsom signs $2.8B bailout for healthcare program overrun by illegal immigrantshttps://t.co/gNJR96mDCD

— The Northstar Pi (@TheNorthstarPi) April 14, 2025

Fox News reports:

Liberal Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a $2.8 billion bailout Monday to close the state’s bloated deficit in California’s Medicaid program, which surpassed projections due to the program’s expansion last year to include illegal immigrants.

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The move, confirmed by Newsom’s office to Fox News Digital Monday afternoon, comes after the Democratic governor asked lawmakers last month for a $3.4 billion loan from the state’s general fund to cover some $6.2 billion in outstanding costs for Medi-Cal, one of the state’s primary healthcare programs that takes both federal and state taxpayer dollars. The additional funds will help keep the program running through June for some 15 million Californians, including noncitizens.

But Republicans have been critical of the loan, arguing the current Medicaid program isn’t sustainable with illegal immigrants included in the coverage.

“Meanwhile, healthcare access is plummeting. Wait times are growing. Democrats have made their choice: legal residents come second,” California Republican state Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones wrote on X. “We must stop new enrollments of illegal immigrants and rein in this unsustainable program before it collapses entirely.”

Poor Newsom.

Doesn’t anybody have a few spare billions for him?

AUDIT NEWSOM! I’ve officially requested an investigation into Gavin Newsom’s Medi-Cal scandal. He’s bankrupted the program by giving $10B in free healthcare to illegal immigrants—and there’s strong evidence he illegally tried to get federal Medicaid reimbursements. WATCH: pic.twitter.com/ATy99V94XS

— Carl DeMaio (@carldemaio) April 13, 2025

What’s the matter, Newsom?

You don’t believe in universal health care anymore?

NEW: California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom just announced that California would begin providing health care coverage to an additional 764,000 illegal immigrants on top of the 1.1 million already in the Medi-Cal system, California’s version of Medicaid.

The latest expansion… pic.twitter.com/kirWhjNB8v

— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) January 6, 2024

Bonus mystery:

Speaking of Newsom, I thought it was odd that his old Twitter header image contained a curious symbol.

See if you can spot it in that crowd.