{"id":917826,"date":"2026-07-07T04:22:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T04:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/917826\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T04:22:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T04:22:23","slug":"california-republicans-urge-trump-to-kill-gavin-newsoms-healthcare-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/917826\/","title":{"rendered":"California Republicans urge Trump to kill Gavin Newsom\u2019s healthcare tax"},"content":{"rendered":"

California Republicans have had enough tax hikes \u2014 appealing directly to President Donald Trump\u2019s admin to kill a widely-hated health care tax increase<\/a> that\u2019s expected to cost residents an additional $400 per year.<\/p>\n

Assembly Republicans are demanding Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy to nix a recently signed plan that would raise premiums on Californians with private insurance.<\/p>\n

Gov. Gavin Newsom attends the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center. REUTERS<\/p>\n

The so-called managed care organization tax,<\/a> signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last week, is intended to raise funding for state Medicaid programs but could raise annual premiums by $400 or more for a family of four, industry groups have warned. <\/p>\n

\u201cNewsom and Sacramento Democrats blew billions, can\u2019t balance a budget, and now they want working families to pay the price with another $425 in higher healthcare costs,\u201d Assemblymember Carl DeMaio said in a statement. <\/p>\n

The tax proposal would require health insurers to pay a monthly rate of $8.85 per enrollee \u2014 which amounts to more than $100 per year annually for every individual on the health plan, if companies pass all the costs onto consumers, per CalMatters<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The Legislative Analyst\u2019s Office estimated that Californians could face a 1.5% increase in monthly premiums \u2014 on top of typical annual rate increases.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Assemblymember Carl DeMaio asked the Trump admin to deny approval for the tax. MediaNews Group via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cCalifornians are already struggling to afford coverage\u2014the last thing they need is another backdoor tax hike from Sacramento,\u201d DeMaio said. <\/p>\n

The tax hike \u2014 one of two approved in Newsom\u2019s upcoming state budget<\/a> \u2014 infuriated even some Dems in the legislature, as California residents struggle with high prices on gas, housing, utilities and other living expenses. <\/p>\n

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Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Rose Garden Club. Shawn Thew \u2013 Pool via CNP\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson, a Dem from San Diego, called the tax plan \u201cextremely problematic\u201d at a hearing last month, CapRadio reported.<\/a> <\/p>\n

\u201cRaising health insurance premiums to help balance the state budget is simply robbing Peter to pay Paul,\u201d added Dr. Ren\u00e9 Bravo, president of the California Medical Association. <\/p>\n

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz. Nathan Posner\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

The proposed tax hike requires the approval of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Republicans said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Administration cannot prejudge an application until it\u2019s thoroughly reviewed, but Gavin Newsom proudly pushing a plan that could jack up insurance premiums is on par for California Democrats,\u201d said Kush Desai, a White House spokesperson. <\/p>\n

A letter signed <\/a>by DeMaio, Assembly Republican Leader Heath Flora and a coalition of other Republican legislators statewide claimed that approving the tax would \u201creward\u201d California for failing to properly manage its federal health care resources. <\/p>\n

A letter signed by Assembly Republicans claimed the tax would \u201creward\u201d poor governance. Obtained by California Post<\/p>\n

\u201cRather than addressing the underlying causes of these escalating costs, California is seeking to shift the burden onto privately insured families while leveraging additional federal taxpayer dollars to sustain spending commitments that have proven financially unsustainable,\u201d the letter claimed. <\/p>\n

Newsom\u2019s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"California Republicans have had enough tax hikes \u2014 appealing directly to President Donald Trump\u2019s admin to kill a…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":917827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[35],"tags":[8161,98670,1854,210,1141,3168,1142,80,5620,15010,67,132,68,1154],"class_list":["post-917826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-affordability","tag-dr-oz","tag-gavin-newsom","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-health-insurance","tag-healthcare","tag-politics","tag-republicans","tag-robert-f-kennedy-jr","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-us-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116876787897324162","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}