Cali violates federal law by giving "free" non-emergency medical care to illegals under age 26

Politicians' staffers have a largely unrecognized but hugely valuable talent:  Being able to write laws that utterly bury the most outrageous provisions of those laws.

They do this to keep their bosses--the politicians--from looking like the corrupt, greedy scum they really are.  Cuz if the average voter knew how badly he or she was being hosed by the government, they'd revolt.

Example: California SB-104, which became state law last July.  It blathers endlessly about the need for "unified" health care.  The phrase "single-payer" is used often.  But eventually we get to the point:

Existing law [before this bill] requires that individuals under 19 years of age enrolled in restricted-scope Medi-Cal at the time the Director of Health Care Services makes a determination that systems have been programmed for implementation of these provisions be enrolled in the full scope of Medi-Cal benefits, if otherwise eligible. Existing law requires the department to maximize federal financial participation in implementing the provisions.

This bill would extend eligibility for full-scope Medi-Cal benefits to individuals 19 to 25 years of age, inclusive, and who are otherwise eligible for those benefits...

Here comes the bomb:

"...but for their immigration status."

With those five words, tacked onto the end of a bunch of word salad, Democrat pols who run California's government just expanded Califonia's equivalent of Medicaid to give "free" medical care to all illegal aliens under the age of 26.

Rational Americans would see this as such a huge change from the prior policy that they'd expect any law ordering such a change would state its intent and purpose right up front.  But of course the staff knows the game: bury the significant changes so fewer voters will be able to spot them.  And the media won't criticize, since the media is entirely pro-Democrat, which means they support illegal aliens and open borders.  Neat.

But wait...doesn't federal law specifically provide that federal payments to states can't be used to cover illegals?  Why yes, yes it does, as SB-104 even admits:

The federal Medicaid program prohibits payment to a state for medical assistance furnished to an alien who is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence or otherwise permanently residing in the United States...

But not to worry, taxpayers, because "Existing law requires the department to maximize federal financial participation in implementing the provisions."  "And the new law doesn't change that.  So we're confident we can find enough loopholes in the federal law to make taxpayers in the other 49 states [or other 56, if you're Barack Obama, who once said he'd been to "all but two of the 57 states"] pay for our wunnerful gift of  "FREE" medical care to illegals.  We are SO wonderful!"

The rest of the plot goes like this:  After the costs of this wonderful "gift" outstrip the maximum amount of federal (taxpayer) dollars by a few billion, Cali pols will have two options:  If a Democrat is president, they'll get all the money they want.  If a conservative Republican is president the state's Dems will wail to the media that "innocent children are dying because the heartless Republican president is refusing to fund our program that was keeping them alive!!!"

Question: What do you call an earthquake that swallows the entire Cali capitol building, including all the legislators and staff?

A good start.

Oh, and in case you think California's Democrat rulers are different from national Dems:  All major Democrat presidential candidates have said they'll give "free" health care to illegal aliens.

Gotta seal up the socialist and illegal vote, eh?  And do Leftists really believe it's "free"?