{"id":22429,"date":"2020-01-23T19:19:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T00:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=22429"},"modified":"2020-01-23T19:19:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T00:19:25","slug":"california-medicare-illegal-aliens-health-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2020\/01\/23\/california-medicare-illegal-aliens-health-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"California Has $166 Billion Unfunded Liability for Retiree Benefits, but is Getting Ready to Fund More Health Care for Illegal Aliens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

According to a new study by the American Legislative Exchange Council<\/a> (ALEC), California faces a staggering $166.5 billion in unfunded liabilities for retirement benefits it has promised to government employees. So naturally, California being California, the Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom are moving ahead with plans to shower illegal aliens with still more expensive benefits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The state has recently made illegal aliens under the age of 26 eligible for Medi-Cal, the state\u2019s version of Medicaid, and plans to expand coverage to illegal aliens over the age of 65<\/a> \u2013 in other words the age cohort most likely to require expensive health care. But, even if that happens, California\u2019s political leadership has no plans to stop there. Their ultimate goal is Medi-Cal eligibility for every illegal alien<\/a> in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admittedly, the cost of covering illegal aliens under the\nMedi-Cal program pales in comparison to the $166.5 billion potentially owed to\nstate retirees. But California doesn\u2019t actually have the money to do either. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One could legitimately argue that past governors and\nlegislatures were reckless in their dealings with government employee unions.\nThese unfunded liabilities are the chickens coming home to roost for past\npolicies that bought short-term labor peace by kicking the can down the road in\nthe form of lavish retirement benefits for workers. But a contract is a contract,\neven if the officials representing the interests of the people of California in\nnegotiations with government employee unions were fiscally profligate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nobody made a contract with illegal aliens. The decision to\nfund, or not fund, a whole range of benefits to illegal aliens (beyond K-12\neducation and emergency services), is completely discretionary. Not only does\nthe California Legislature have the discretionary authority not to entitle a\nsingle new illegal alien to Medi-Cal coverage, it has complete discretion to\nrescind that entitlement to illegal aliens who are already benefiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you owe people $166 billion that you don\u2019t have, it\nwould seem logical and prudent not to incur any new unnecessary expenditures,\nespecially in order to provide benefits to people who have no legal claim to\neven be in the country. In fact, it would be perfectly sensible to end existing\ndiscretionary benefits to illegal aliens. But, hey, this is California we\u2019re\ntalking about \u2013 where both logic and good sense seem to be in short supply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to a new study by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), California faces a staggering $166.5 billion in unfunded liabilities for retirement benefits it has promised to government employees. So naturally, California being California, the Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom are moving ahead with plans to shower illegal aliens with still more expensive benefits.<\/p>\n

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