California becomes first state to offer health insurance to all undocumented immigrants
California becomes first state to offer health insurance to all undocumented immigrants
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.
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This headline is some absolute bullshit.
California already had health insurance for undocumented immigrants, as does Massachusetts. It's just limited to emergency care and pregnancy care.
California is expanding their existing coverage to comprehensive health care including primary care, which is cheaper than letting medical conditions get so completely out of control that they require expensive and disabling emergency hospitalizations.
Well, that's all what the article says, it just doesn't fit in the headline. It does identify that the eligibility criteria are removed by specifying all.
I mean, it's also just nice to keep people healthy as well. Medical care should not cost a thing.
If we're keeping healthy people healthy, let's give premium health insurance to people who keep a healthy weight and maintain a fitness regimen (gym, yoga, jogging, chi kung , etc...).
Overweight people who are working on getting fit will get a lot of discounts and encouragements to move into the free tier.
And we let the obese people die how they lived. Like fucking pigs.
What a wonderful healthcare system the US has. Jeez.
That's exactly what the article said