Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis and Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom - political rivals from opposite coasts and proxies for red and blue America - are set to square off for a first-of-its-kind debate Nov. 30 in Georgia.
Front and center will be homelessness and health care, top priorities for voters - and issues that have largely defined the governors' policies and leadership styles. From abortion to COVID-19 vaccines, Newsom and DeSantis could not be further apart.
Earlier this year, DeSantis blasted California for being too generous with public benefit programs, such as Medicaid, which the Golden State has expanded to all eligible residents regardless of immigration status. That sweeping policy takes effect in January and goes well beyond the optional expansion of Medicaid that the Affordable Care Act offered states. In Florida, one of 10 states that have refused to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, DeSantis wears the state's 11% rate of uninsured residents as a badge.
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