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Newsom signs bill to close $2.8 billion Medicaid gap after expanding coverage to illegal immigrants

By Annabella Rosciglione
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Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed legislation Monday to close a $2.8 billion gap in the state’s budget for Medicaid services. 

The governor’s move will ensure coverage through June for 15 million California residents who receive healthcare via the Medi-Cal program, and it is part of the state’s solution to the $6.2 billion deficit in the budget for Medicaid.

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