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.

  • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
    51·
    1 year ago

    Someone similar position to you, I needed to use Medicaid during the pandemic. I’ve told them twice, once over the phone, and I still seem to have an active thing.

    The way I look at it though, this hopefully means more people have it than need it, versus the opposite where some can’t get it but need it.