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California became the only state to offer Medi-Cal to all low-income undocumented residents on Jan. 1.

For the first time, undocumented immigrants of all ages will qualify for Medi-Cal, California’s version of the federal government’s Medicaid program for low-income people. The new guidelines will make California the only state to fund comprehensive health care for undocumented immigrants beginning Jan.1, 2024. “This historic investment speaks to California’s commitment to health care as […]

Undocumented residents remain the largest group of uninsured in California, according to a 2022 analysis from the University of California, Berkeley.

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.

CHICAGO — Although it was 30 years ago, Margarita Quiñones-Peña still remembers hugging her grandfather goodbye when her pregnant mother took her and her older sister by the hand to make their way to Chicago from Mexico to meet their father. She was 3 years old. Though the memories are blurred, the feeling of leaving the place she knew as home has never faded, she said. She is now 33 and still ...