California can take financial strains with the reform of health care

California can take financial strains with the reform of health care -

Since the reform of health insurance adopted this week, states have tried to understand the additional costs of implementing the redesign. In California, it seems that the new law will cost $ 2 billion to $ 3 per year. The thing is, California does not have an extra $ 2 billion to $ 3.

"I have always supported the need for a comprehensive health care reform. However, reform health care to succeed, states must either have the flexibility to live within their income or are available federal resources to fully fund its mandates, "said California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

According to The Los Angeles Times , Governor Schwarzenegger believes that the federal government transfer the cost of the expansion of health care services and Medicaid in states that are already reducing programs back.

In the bill on the Senate health care, the federal government will pay 100 percent for new Medicaid enrolled for two years. The reimbursement is reduced to 0 percent in 2020. People who were eligible for Medicaid but are not applied to the program in the past, will only refund 50 percent.

Many other states have recently reduced their public health care programs and now they are expanding in recent years. But states will be able to fund these extensions on the road?

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