Sacramento clinics show support for Newsom's proposed spending that would expand health care

Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to expand Medi-Cal to all low-income residents in California, regardless of their immigration status, would be a first in the nation. Under the governor's budget proposal, the state would spend $2.2 billion, a great benefit for Californians who continue working without any insurance. Newsom's plan includes the creation of an office of health care affordability, which would help navigate those who cannot afford their medical costs. "Access to health care allows them to live productive and healthy lives and especially access to primary care so that we can catch diseases before they turn into something worse or people end up dying," said Michelle Monroe, CEO of One Community Health in midtown Sacramento, which already offers low-cost services to the uninsured and to undocumented immigrants.