Newsom Suggests Free Health Insurance for Illegal Immigrants in California

Newsom Suggests Free Health Insurance for Illegal Immigrants in California
Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom speaks in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Feb. 24, 2017. Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images
Nathan Su
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Since Gavin Newsom, the Democratic candidate for governor of California, proposed free health insurance for illegal immigrants, the state’s gubernatorial election has quickly become a referendum on its sanctuary policies.

“I did universal health care when I was mayor [of San Francisco], fully implemented regardless of pre-existing conditions, ability to pay, and regardless of your immigration status,” Newsom said on the left-wing Pod Save America podcast on Aug. 28. Newsom is currently California’s lieutenant governor.