you? Not that this wasn't pointed out as an obvious pitfall with Medicaid expansion, but this is what it means in reality:

"California's Medicaid now covers about 15 million people (out of 39M total insured), the rates it pays to doctors have not kept up. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his Democratic allies in the state Legislature have greatly increased the number of people on Medicaid, including all eligible adults in the state who are in the country without legal permission.

The previous owners had not accepted patients on Medicaid. Just five months later, Morgan said, he had to stop treating Medicaid patients because of the paltry pay. He charges $175 for eye exams, but the most he could get from Medicaid was about $40.

It has contributed to a crisis at some rural hospitals, some of which needed an emergency loan from the state Legislature last year to keep from closing. And it has made it harder for people enrolled in Medicaid to find doctors willing to treat them, forcing some to drive long distances to seek care.

Health care providers have been clamoring for California’s Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal, to pay them more. But California doesn’t have extra money thanks to back-to-back multibillion-dollar budget deficits.

But it stopped accepting new Medicaid patients in January, citing low reimbursement rates and a new law requiring health care workers to be paid at least $25 per hour."

Realities to consider and be honest about for whenever we go to Medicaid-for-All.