Speaker. Medicaid payments to California will increase by $3.4 billion over the next 7 years. The Federal Government would also reimburse to California hospitals swamped by illegal immigrants $1.6 billion of the cost of emergency health care services. which currently is a cost placed on California hospitals and the California taxpayers. Lifting Washington mandates. increasing the cost of health care and diverting resources to lesser priorities. including mandates to provide health care to illegal immigrants and drug addicts. must be lifted as part of any plan to restrain the growth of Federal Medicaid spending in order to continue to provide equal health care to Californians who are in need. Obviously. Mr.
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