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A vendor texted our volunteer, asking how and when he could pay her back.
This was his reaction when she told him the money wasn't a loan -- it was a gift.
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So very sorry to hear about your grandmother 💔 It’s heartbreaking that savings cap policies affect the most vulnerable among us
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Sources:
* Facts and statistics compiled by California Department of Health Services, 2025.
** Zilllow's overview of the California rental market, last updated June 4, 2025.
*** California Budget & Policy Center, October 2024.
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Newsom's Medi-Cal restrictions WILL lead to more suffering, more homelessness, more death, and more long-term costs- for all of us.
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Tying asset minimums to Medi-Cal coverage is nasty and cruel. $2K in assets isn't even enough to cover a month's rent in California.
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This budget plan is unconscionable. Elderly, disabled, and undocumented people are still Californians.
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Governor Newsom,
This isn't who we are.
However bad California's budget deficit may be, stripping healthcare from our disabled citizens, elders, and immigrant community is NOT the answer.
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And it will only give us less.
Less flexibility.
Less freedom.
Less money.
Less time.
Less life.
Less of everything that makes California great.
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Stripping access to healthcare from our people who need it the most - older, disabled, and undocumented Californians - will only cost us more:
More hardship.
More mortality.
More emergency service calls.
More bureaucratic expense.
More strain on families and workers.
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People might say:
"I don't want my taxes funding healthcare for undocumented Californians who don't contribute."
We say:
Undocumented Californians contribute $8.5 billion*** in state taxes every year. Yet they are unjustly excluded from access to many public services-that their taxes made possible.
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Saving up to move to a new place?
To go back to school?
To get married?
To buy a new car?
To get orthodontics?
A new companion animal?
A powered wheelchair?
Newsom thinks you don't deserve healthcare.
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If Newsom's new budget plan passes, people 65 and over, or with disabilities, who save up even one month's worth of expenses, will forfeit their Medi-Cal.
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People might say:
"$2,000 in savings is reasonable! Newsom wants to make sure Medi-Cal is reserved for those who truly can't afford private healthcare."
We say:
Nothing is reasonable about this budget plan. Asset minimums are punitive and outdated.
$2,000 in savings won't cover a month's rent. **
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As well as deny ANY future enrollment in Medi-Cal to immigrants without complete legal status.
Over three million Californians will lose access to doctors, medications, and life-saving treatments. *
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If passed, Newsom's budget plan will:
Strip Medi-Cal from every 65+ or disabled person with more than $2000 in assets.
Remove dental and long-term coverage from undocumented Californians.
Impose higher premiums specifically on undocumented people.