On Jan. 1, California will become the first state to offer health insurance to all undocumented adults by expanding access to the state-run insurance plan, Medi-Cal.

About 700,000 adults between ages 26 and 49 will be eligible as of Jan. 1

California will welcome the new year by becoming the first state to offer health insurance for all undocumented immigrants.

Starting Jan. 1, all undocumented immigrants, regardless of age, will qualify for Medi-Cal, California’s version of the federal Medicaid program for people with low incomes.

Previously, undocumented immigrants were not qualified to receive comprehensive health insurance but were allowed to receive emergency and pregnancy-related services under Medi-Cal as long as they met eligibility requirements, including income limits and California residency in 2014.

    • theblueredditrefugee@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      1 year ago

      You fucking know that those income requirements are ridiculous. I had 3k a month income. In the SF bay area - rent had just been raised by $200 pushing the cost above my income.

      I qualified for like $200 a month in subsidies, no medi cal. Considering in copays and coinsurance, I couldn’t pay less than 1k for insurance.

      So the choice was - homelessness or leave my illness untreated? Answer: leave the fucking country, death to lying Gavin Newsom.

      • User_4272894@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Completely agree, but that wasn’t the question. Progress is progress, even if it’s decades late and only a tenth of what it should be.