ToplineCalifornia is expanding Medicaid eligibility to undocumented residents over age 50, Governor Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday afternoon, with the signing of a bill that he says is the first to offer the program for that age group. (AP ... [+] Photo/Jeff Chiu) ASSOCIATED PRESSKey FactsThe law will expand Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, to about 235,000 low-income undocumented Californians 50 and older, the governor’s office said in a press release. To get around the federal restrictions, eight states and Washington, D.C. have extended Medicaid to undocumented children using state dollars. Children and young adults were the only groups that had been made eligible until 2020, when Illinois expanded Medicaid to undocumented residents over 65. That’s the percentage of undocumented immigrants under age 65 who were uninsured in 2019, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Source: Forbes July 27, 2021 20:36 UTC