California’s Billionaire Tax is supposed to save Medi-Cal. But the California Medical Association, which represents more than 50,000 doctors, just voted to oppose it—warning it could dramatically reduce funding for health care.
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90% of the CA billionaire tax would supposedly go to health care, but the Legislature would decided how much to release and where. No hospital or clinic would be guaranteed a dollar.
A one-time windfall isn't the same as a stable funding stream.
It’s a bad law that counts on suckering citizens by the headline instead of counting on educated voters that would likely oppose it. Review page 26 m