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
    79·
    9 months ago

    Still mad about the time my income was equal to rent plus like $500 so I didn’t qualify for medi-cal. With my health conditions, on the cheapest plan, $1000+ a month. Fucking california, garbage place.

      • theblueredditrefugee@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        35·
        9 months ago

        So you’re saying that high prices of rent and health insurance are not the responsibility of the regulatory framework that was explicitly designed for profit maximization?

        • Chriswild@lemmy.world
          92·
          9 months ago

          I don’t know of a state that really regulates rent and health insurance. You’d see similar expenses in basically all expensive regions of the US.

          • theblueredditrefugee@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            12·
            9 months ago

            What are building height limits if not a device to artificially reduce housing supply?

            And yes it is the same everywhere in the US, that’s why I left the US