Newsom Proposes Health Coverage for Last Remaining Group of Uninsured Californians [chcf.org]
By Heather Tirado Gilligan, California Health Care Foundation, January 24, 2022 Governor Gavin Newsom wants to make California the first state to remove immigration status as a barrier to eligibility for Medicaid (called Medi-Cal in California), making health insurance accessible to all undocumented residents with low incomes. In his proposed state budget released on January 10, Newsom included Medi-Cal coverage for an estimated 700,000 undocumented, uninsured adults (PDF) with low incomes...