(The Center Square) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom slammed congressional proposals that would, among other things, cut Medicaid funding to states that provide taxpayer-financed non-emergency health care to illegal immigrants.

The governor was also critical of congressional proposals to require able-bodied Medicaid recipients to work, volunteer or be in school part-time, and limit states’ abilities to tax Medicaid providers higher to engineer increased federal Medicaid funding.