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.

  • @EdibleFriend
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    1171 year ago

    At least one conservative probably had a literal aneurism when they heard this.

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      Wouldn’t they be glad undocumented immigrants would be more likely to live in California and less likely to live in their state?

      • @EdibleFriend
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        341 year ago

        wow thank god something good happened for that undocumented immigrant because…

        No.

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        There’s conservatives in California too. Just not enough to win most of their major elections.

        • Ghostalmedia
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          CA sends some notable conservatives to Congress. Kevin McCarthy for example.

      • @force
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        31 year ago

        California is like 1/3 Republicans

    • unalivejoy
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      11 year ago

      Probably means Texas won’t be sending their refugees to California.