Immigration & Healthcare

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Immigration & Healthcare

Immigration & Health Care
As many as 830,000 non-citizen immigrants are residents of California. Nearly one in five non-citizens, under the age of 65 in California, is covered by Medi-Cal. Medi-Cal is an essential source of healthcare insurance for millions of low-income, elderly, and disabled residents of California. “Despite its anti-immigrant reputation, California has been among the most generous of the 50 states in providing public aid to needy non-citizens who lost benefits in the 1996 federal welfare overhaul.”
Under current law, legal immigrants are eligible for Medi-Cal if they meet income and other requirements established by the state. Illegal immigrants may obtain Medi-Cal only for emergency medical services and for prenatal care. “California, home to about one-third of the nation’s immigrants, passed
ballot initiatives in this decade targeting illegal immigrants, health care, affirmative action, and bilingual education.”
Last year taxpayers spent more than one-hundred million dollars in aid and benefits for immigrants. “Governor Gray Davis, in one of several early attempts to reverse his republican predecessor’s policies, wants ...

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