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Saturday, February 22, 2020

California's Gov. Gavin Newsom says 'doctors should be able to write prescriptions for housing' in bizarre proposal to tackle the homeless crisis

Doctors in California may soon be given the power to prescribe housing for sick patients.

In a radical new proposal outlines in a series of tweets on Friday, the state's governor, Gavin Newsom suggested a plan to combat the healthcare and homelessness situation in his state.

Newsom noted that healthcare and homelessness are not separate problems and suggested doctors should be able to prescribe a place to stay if they are treating a someone who is mentally ill that does not have stable housing.

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6 comments:

TheRealRay said...

California has become a f'd state ...

Anonymous said...

Your Obamacare plan will definitely cover the costs.

Anonymous said...

Housing shortage. So where do you move these people? Governor's mansion?

Anonymous said...

Newsom is an idiot! Democrats really need to be outlawed!

Anonymous said...

Yes - here is a prescription to spend one year as a guest at Newsom's residence - your choice of many. Enjoy😂😂

Anonymous said...

Used to have housing for the mentally ill, they were called asylums. Not much fun and many were poorly managed but better than tossing them out in the street.