US. California Offering Health Insurance To Undocumented Immigrants: What To Know

Undocumented adults between the ages of 26 and 49 in California will qualify for health insurance under the state’s Medi-Cal program beginning Monday, provided they meet eligibility requirements for the program, which is designed to insure low income residents. This move expands the state’s health insurance coverage to include all undocumented immigrants—the state previously only covered undocumented children, those between 19 and 25 and those 50 years and older.​​ This expansion—which was approved in legislation in May—will make around an additional 700,000 undocumented residents eligible...