California a surprise healthcare obstacle

UPI reports:

Budget-challenged California is proposing Medicare cuts that analysts say cast doubt on the capacity of U.S. healthcare law to expand access to healthcare.

While conservative states such as Virginia and Florida have launched constitutional challenges to the Affordable Care Act, California is giving the administration some unexpected headaches in its effort to expand access to healthcare in America, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.

In the face of its own debt problems, the Golden State is aggressively cutting its healthcare safety net, with state leaders pressing the administration to agree to some of the toughest restrictions on government-subsidized healthcare in the country, the newspaper said.