California voters would decide whether to fund a major expansion of housing and treatment for residents suffering from mental illness and addiction, under the latest proposal by Gov. Gavin Newsom to address the state's homelessness crisis.SACRAMENTO, Calif. - At the start of 2022, Thomas Marshall weighed 311 pounds. He had been hospitalized 10 times in five years, including six surgeries.
Marshall's story is part of a radical rethinking of the relationship between housing and health care in the U.S. For decades, Medicaid, the joint state and federal health insurance program for people with disabilities or low incomes, would only pay for medical expenses. But last year the Biden administration gave Arizona and Oregon permission to use Medicaid money for housing - a nod to reams of research showing people in stable housing are healthier.
It would also be an expensive step. California is expected to have a $22.5 billion budget deficit this year, and it could get bigger in years to come. Meanwhile the state's Medicaid spending is projected to increase by $2.5 billion over the next three years, according to the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office.
Over five years the program has reduced expensive hospital stays and emergency room visits for people on Medicaid, saving taxpayers an average of $383 per patient per year, according to an analysis by researchers at UCLA.
So 100 tents will be built by his no bid lobbyist
For people who are sick of being unhoused!
Why not take from the over inflated police budgets instead.
California should spend medicaid money on the shitty medicaid system....like medical not housing issues.
Great and God bless everyone Please take care of the homeless people thank you 72 years old grandma 3/26/23
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We have multiple taxes for this already.
Circling the drain California
California is a socialist state.
Free money for illegals 👽
The new industry for people to line their pocket books with. such a scam
I am sure all the homeless “non-profits” with six figure executive salaries, and all the “advisors” and “consultants” will be clamoring for their piece of that pie. No wonder Newsom will not audit where the homeless monies are spent. Guy is nothing more than a con artist.
But still ignoring the drug and mental illness issues. Way to avoid the elephant in the room.
I’m so glad I don’t pay taxes anymore.
After all the props that have passed to solve the homeless problem…
Oh, good, that'll help.
Good, many medical problems cease to exist if someone has adequate housing.
Gavin Newsom has no clue. He continues to throw bad money after good and the results are that the homeless population continue to increase. 🤬
It is okay anyway California is collecting billions/trillions from housing
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