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.

  • @Chriswild
    2•1 year ago

    Good thing California is one of the few states trying to fix zoning.

    • @[email protected]English
      -1•1 year ago

      Lmao zoning in California has only gotten worse over the past 10 years. 90% of houses in the SF bay area are on lots so small it’d be illegal to build them these days.

      Yeah, it wasn’t enough to have building height limits, now they have lot size minimums for single family homes. Because god forbid someone live in an apartment in a walkable neighborhood