SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Some low-income adults in California living in the country illegally will soon get their health benefits paid for by taxpayers. Democrats in the state Legislature on Sunday agreed to make adults between the ages of 19 and 25 eligible for the state’s Medicaid program. “California believes that health is a fundamental right,” said state Sen. Holly Mitchell, a Los Angeles Democrat who led the budget negotiations. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWBut to pay for part of it, the state will begin taxing people who don’t have health insurance. Several lawmakers in the Democratic-dominated state legislature wanted to go further by offering health coverage to all adults living in California illegally.

Source: thestar June 10, 2019 00:20 UTC