700,000 More Illegal Immigrants in California Eligible for Medi-Cal Starting Jan. 1

Published on December 28, 2023

Beginning Jan. 1, 2024, approximately 707,000 individuals aged 26 to 49 in California will become eligible for Medi-Cal coverage, a significant portion of whom are illegal immigrants, according to the California Department of Health Care Services. The expansion, with a cost of around $1.2 billion, is part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $310.8 billion 2023–2024 budget. The state previously expanded Medi-Cal coverage to illegal immigrant children in 2016 and to individuals under 26 in 2020, then extended it to those over 50 in 2022. Starting next year, close to 1 million illegal immigrants in the state will have access to Medi-Cal, reported the University of California–Berkeley. However, this does not guarantee health care for all illegal immigrants—around 520,000 earn too much to be qualified for Medi-Cal and do not have employer coverage, according to the university....

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