California Expanded Medi-Cal to Unauthorized Residents. The Results Are Mixed. ...Middle East

California this year took the final step in opening Medi-Cal, its Medicaid program, to every eligible resident regardless of immigration status. It’s a significant expansion for an already massive safety net program. Medi-Cal’s annual spending now stands at $157 billion, serving about 15 million low-income residents, more than a third of Californians. Of those, about 1.5 million are immigrants living in the U.S. without authorization, costing an estimated $6.4 billion, according to the Department of Health Care Services. They have been gradually added to the program as the state lifted legal residency as an eligibility requirement for children in 2016, young adults ages 19-

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