“My dad has not wanted to go to the doctor,” Gutierrez said. The state first offered Medi-Cal coverage to children without legal status through the age of 18 in 2016. “Without health insurance, it was looking to cost them thousands of dollars for all of her medicine,” Gutierrez said. AdvertisementA mix of federal and state money typically makes up Medi-Cal funding, but the cost of expanding eligibility to immigrants without legal status falls entirely on California. Without health insurance, she turned to home remedies she learned as a girl from her mother, mixtures that included radishes, ginger, purple onion and eucalyptus.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 27, 2021 19:12 UTC