California Outed for Wasting Medicaid Dollars on Housing, Non-Medical Expenses

Medi-Cal, California’s massive Medicaid program, is drowning in red ink. It’s so bad, Governor Newsom had to scramble and borrow over six billion dollars just to keep the lights on. Now, part of that mess involves Newsom’s brilliant idea last year to expand coverage to illegal immigrants – because why not add more strain? But the real kicker, revealed recently, is where else that money was going. Turns out, under the Biden administration’s “let’s experiment!” approach, California decided Medicaid funds, meant for medical care for the vulnerable, should also pay for things like rent assistance and fancy “medically tailored meals.”

This isn’t just bad accounting; it’s a fundamental betrayal of the program’s purpose. Democrats took money intended for doctor visits, essential medications, and hospital stays for the genuinely needy and rerouted it to social engineering projects. It’s the kind of mission creep that makes your head spin, and it perfectly illustrates how liberals see taxpayer money as a tool to reshape society according to their utopian fantasies, consequences be damned. Thankfully, there’s a new sheriff in Washington, and he’s not amused.