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Arizona Medicaid Chief’s Expired License Sparks GOP Outcry

October 7, 2025 10:25 amOctober 7, 2025 10:25 am

In a revelation that’s sending shockwaves through Arizona’s political landscape, the chief medical officer for the state’s Medicaid program, AHCCCS, has been operating with an expired medical license for nearly two months. Dr. Theresa Costales, appointed by Democratic Governor Katie...

Gov. Newsom’s Free Healthcare for Illegal Immigrants Drove Medi-Cal to Insolvency

September 30, 2025 5:11 pmOctober 1, 2025 4:31 pm

That California Governor Gavin Newsom wants to continue to give free healthcare to illegal immigrants is not rumor. The Globe has covered this saga for some time now. Gavin Newsom’s Medi-Cal program for low-income Californians is insolvent. We have Gavin Newsom...

Making Physicians Care Again

July 6, 2025 2:45 amJuly 6, 2025 2:46 am

When we make physicians care again, we will make medicine great again. You can “take that fact to the bank.” Do you want great medicine? Let us explore how to achieve that goal. The spirits and energy of doctors have...

Governor Newsom Reaches Agreement With Legislature On A $321.1 Billion Budget

June 25, 2025 1:48 pmJune 25, 2025 1:48 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom reached a $321.1 billion budget agreement with the state legislature late on Tuesday, with large cuts of Medi-Cal that will result in the freezing of new illegal immigrant applicants from being accepted being added in. While both...

After Bankrupting Medi-Cal, Gov. Newsom Wants CA Elderly and Disabled to Pay

June 5, 2025 3:25 amJune 7, 2025 7:29 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Medi-Cal program for low-income Californians is insolvent. We have Gavin Newsom to thank; he gifted free Medi-Cal coverage to every illegal immigrant in the state, costing taxpayers $10 billion to $12 billion. Newsom recently confessed that California’s...

Medi-Cal and Its Deleterious Impact in California Medical Care: The Effect

May 19, 2025 2:57 pmMay 19, 2025 2:58 pm

The California Globe first ran this article by Patrick Wagner, MD, March 27, 2024. Everything Dr. Wagner reported has or is coming to fruition. So we are re-publishing it. The effect of Newsom’s harsh Medi-Cal government run healthcare throughout California...

May Budget Revise 2025-2026 Grows to $322 Billion, with $12 Billion Deficit

May 14, 2025 5:04 pmMay 14, 2025 5:13 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled his revised 2025-2026 budget on Wednesday, proposing a $12 billion deficit in California alongside his $321.9 billion budget. In his speech, and later in a statement, Newsom primarily blamed President Donald Trump for the $12 billion...