California was the first state to expand Medicaid eligibility to all qualified immigrants regardless of legal status, phasing it in over several years: children in 2016, young adults ages 19–26 in 2020, people 50 and older in 2022, and all remaining adults this year. But California, like ot...
California is now grappling with an issue that has broad ramifications for physicians across the country: how to give undocumented immigrants access to healthcare. In the coming weeks, the California legislature will decide whether to adopt Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to extend Medi-Cal (Medicaid) ...
California's expansion of Medicaid will face other challenges. The state is chugging through a review of Medicaid enrollees' eligibility for the first time in more than three years that was prompted by the end of some federal pandemic policies. Many immigrants who had their cov...
Medical–legal partnershipsQualitative researchUnited StatesThe United States (US) has experienced a surge of anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric, raising concerns about the influence on health outcomes for immigrants living in the US. We conducted qualitative interviews (n=20) with health care and ...
As California's public insurance toll swells, advocates for immigrants praise the Golden State for an expansion that has helped reduce the uninsured rate to a record low 6.4%. Providers and hospitals, however, caution that the state hasn't expanded its workforce adequately or increased Medi-Cal ...
Gov. Newsom’s final expansionof full-scope Medi-Calwent into effect Monday, January 1, 2024, making more than 700,000 illegal immigrants residents between ages 26 and 49 eligible for full health care coverage – closing the remaining gap of those not already insured – at a very precarious...
“other Californians,” legitimate citizens and legal immigrants, are not all eligible for Medi-Cal,California’s Medicaid programfor “children and adults with limited income and resources.” Eligibility for Medi-Cal is“based primarily on your incomeand ‘countable property,’” and those on the...
Medi-Cal is California's Medicaid health care program. This program pays for a variety of medical services for children and adults with limited income and resources.Who is eligible?Some people who apply for Covered California may qualify for Medi-Cal. Eligibility is based on several factors, ...
“This nation’s foundation was built on the strength and contributions of immigrants,” she posted on social media. “Now it’s time to turn our focus to honoring the humanity of those who help make this country the beacon of hope it continues to be.” Spokespersons for Trump’s transit...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued pardons and commuted sentences for 35 current and former convicted felons Tuesday, including 10 pardons for immigrants facing deportation.