Until they do that and ARE sent home, California should pay the bill...
People in other states have their medical costs to wory about without worying about Californias
That's right. And if California loses their federal dollars, guess who's state is next. Your state gets those dollars too. How many of your local hospitals are you willing to see the doors close at? Your state may not be as inundated as California is, but just about every state has a problem. The border states are very exposed.
Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California would have a severe problem if your idea of fairness were implemented. Should those states citizens just pop up at your state's hospitals for free care like they had to give away for years? I guess you realize that if any people from other states showed up at your E.R.s your hospitals would have to take them in. Otherwise they would lose their federal contracts. How are you going to like it?
We're generally talking matching dollars here. California would only get $50,000 after it spent a like amount, so the feds don't even pick up the tab as it is.