Posted on 07/20/2025 12:57:25 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
SACRAMENTO — For nearly 20 years, Maria would call her sister — a nurse in Mexico — for advice on how to manage her asthma and control her husband’s diabetes instead of going to the doctor in California.
She didn’t have legal status, so she couldn’t get health insurance and skipped routine exams, relying instead on home remedies and, at times, getting inhalers from Mexico. She insisted on using only her first name for fear of deportation.
Things changed for Maria and many others in recent years when some Democratic-led states opened up their health insurance programs to low-income immigrants regardless of their legal status. Maria and her husband signed up the day the program began last year.
“It changed immensely, like from Earth to the heavens,” Maria said in Spanish of Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program. “Having the peace of mind of getting insurance leads me to getting sick less.”
At least seven states and the District of Columbia have offered coverage for immigrants, mostly since 2020. But three of them have done an about-face, ending or limiting coverage for hundreds of thousands of immigrants who aren’t in the U.S. legally — California, Illinois and Minnesota.
The programs cost much more than officials had projected at a time when the states are facing multibillion-dollar deficits now and in the future. In Illinois, adult immigrants ages 42 to 64 without legal status have lost their healthcare to save an estimated $404 million. All adult immigrants in Minnesota no longer have access to the state program, saving nearly $57 million. In California, no one will automatically lose coverage, but new enrollments for adults will stop in 2026 to save more than $3 billion over several years.
Cuts in all three states were backed by Democratic governors who once championed expanding health coverage...
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Way tired of paying for illegals every damn thing
Fixed. One pays for insurance.
This is one good small step. What would be huuuuge in Kalifornia is to scrap, delete, DESTROY the Motor Voter law AND deny illegal trespassers a “legal” Kalifornia driver’s license.
Many moons ago, the Kalifornia democRATS allowed illegal trespassers to obtain a “legal” driver’s license. At the time, the democRATS said: “They need the driver’s license to get to work.”
A few years later, Kalifornia instituted the Motor Voter law. Whenever you interact with the DMV, you are automatically registered to vote. So.......did the Kalifornia democRATS make sure that the illegal trespassers with their “legal” licenses did not vote? Hah!
I don’t care if California is paying for it so long as we don’t have to bale them out.
“California, other Democratic-led states roll back Medicaid access for people lacking legal status”
“California, other Democratic-led states roll back Medicaid access for illegal aliens.”
Fixed it.
Medicaid is paid for by both the state and the Fed(taxpayers)
I think she found the cure for diabetes and cancer: just get health insurance.
Dems don’t want to pay for the votes they are importing, how about that.
So, this illegal alien has been here almost 20 years and still doesn't speak English.
Go back to Mexico, amiga.
All this does is shift illegal health care to emergency rooms, which are required to treat anybody under federal law.
“Did the legal system allow illegal alien freeloaders to scam the program?”
Not really. The scammers were our ruling class that passed the laws that made it legal for them to use the program.
For nearly 20 years...it changed immensely, like from Earth to the heavens,” Maria said in Spanish
My mom lived in Cal and paid taxes for the last 75 years of her long life, but when she fell ill, her Social Security check made her ineligible for any kind of help from MediCal. Illegals who had just crossed the border were eligible, but not she. Glad to hear that they’ve been kicked off. Another Trump win.
Note how the media is repeatedly saying that Americans are turning anti-Trump because Americans are losing their Medicaid Healthcare.
But it is Mexicans, Guatamalens, ... Somalians who are losing Medicaid.
Ohh..and if DOGE eventually comes to Medicaid it is the Dead and Americans with 2 identities who might lose.
Breath deeply and quit giving him the queso over the menudo with the mexcal, you dumb puta.
Better yet, self-deport and enjoy Mejico's finest witch doctery, maybe a chicken foot shaken over your head will cure you of invading another country that you have no business being here.
GET. OUT.! And take those LAT soyboys with you LOFL...
“””Things changed for Maria and many others in recent years when some Democratic-led states opened up their health insurance programs to low-income immigrants regardless of their legal status.””””
Maria, you should not expect we taxpayers to pay for your medical care. Go back to your home country.
I believe it would be a good idea for ICE to especially deport the sob-story illegals that are highlighted by the media.
Don’t care. LEAVE NOW.
The states will love this because they know they are broke but now that can blame Trump.
NO government money should go to anyone in the country illegally.
Seriously, who did not see this coming? I mean this is the standard Democrat Playbook
The soy latte donators to NPR eat this stuff up
I was arrested at Walmart and thrown in jail today.
That is because a cart full of merchandise I was wheeling out “lacked legal status”.
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