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Now is not the time to expand Medi-Cal to undocumented adults

Advocates of a single-payer healthcare system in California have struggled to come up with a realistic and feasible way to pay for it, so this year they’re pushing for more incremental steps toward ... read more

Q&A: Efforts To Extend Health Coverage To Undocumented Immigrants

Why would the effort to cover undocumented adults be successful this time around? In order for us to manage the cost, we selected the most vulnerable out of the group, which were the children. So now ... read more

California’s Patchwork Of Care For The Undocumented: Where You Live Matters

At the same time ... Medi-Cal, counties will still need the state money to serve the rest of the uninsured population. About eight in 10 undocumented immigrants in California are working-age adults ... read more

Medi-Cal set to expand coverage to undocumented children

With county health departments and now Covered California ... pay for imaging and consultations not covered by restricted Medi-Cal, the bare-bones plan that is often the only option for California’s ... read more

California has a giant surplus—of ideas for new taxes.

But one thing is clear, now is not the time for any major broad-based ... So far, Newsom is proposing a limited expansion of Medi-Cal coverage to young adults ages 19 to 25 regardless of their ... read more

Viewpoints: After Corporations, Wealthy People Get A Boost, Brutality Takes Over Policies; Where’s The Research On Women’s Heart Disease?

(Benjamin Fong, 5/15) Los Angeles Times: Now Is Not The Time To Expand Medi-Cal To Undocumented Adults Advocates of a single-payer healthcare system in California have struggled to come up with a ... read more

Two doctors with opposing views on expanding Medi-Cal to immigrants here illegally

Far more complicated is determining how to pay for it. The analysis in your stellar editorial, “Now Is Not the Time to Expand Medi-Cal to Undocumented Adults,” points out that offering “free” ... read more

Contra Costa Co. Prepares to Offer Health Care to Undocumented Adults

"And each time it costs me $45. We need medical coverage, so we don't have to pay so much. That's why we're fighting for it." Arriaga used to have health insurance through her work, but now that ... ... read more

California governor moves to provide health care to undocumented young adults

"We're spending a lot of money right now ... undocumented residents up to age 26 to enroll in Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid program. The Golden State became the first to cover undocumented children ... read more

California has a giant surplus—of ideas for new taxes. What’s up with that?

But one thing is clear, now is not the time for any major broad-based new tax increases ... So far, Newsom is proposing a limited expansion of Medi-Cal coverage to young adults ages 19 to 25 ... read more