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California to become the first state to extend health benefits to some who live in USA illegally

• https://www.usatoday.com by John Bacon

The full Legislature still must sign off on the plan that would make such immigrants ages 19 to 25 eligible for Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid program. The deal was a win for Newsom, who rejected as too expensive a state Senate plan to include adults 65 and older living in the state illegally.

The California Immigrant Policy Center called the program a "clear step forward" but lamented the decision to block the elderly from the plan.

"The exclusion of undocumented elders from the same health care their U.S. citizen neighbors are eligible for means beloved community members will suffer and die from treatable conditions," the advocacy group said in a statement.

Anthony Wright, executive director of the advocacy group Health Access, said further expansion of the program could come in the future. 


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