Posted on 04/13/2015 11:19:33 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Health care coverage for the undocumented gets its first test this week when a bill to extend Medi-Cal coverage and Covered California health plans to the undocumented will be heard by the Senate Health committee.
A number of legislative efforts to help the undocumented comprise the "Immigrants Shape California" legislative package introduced last week by the Legislature's leadership.
The bill would provide Medi-Cal benefits to undocumented Californians who are income-eligible for it and require the state to ask for a federal waiver to include the undocumented in Covered California health plans. The undocumented population currently is ineligible for any state exchange coverage. If federal regulators refuse to include undocumented in California's exchange, the state would set up a fund to create a similar state-run exchange using the Covered California model.
Funding has not been worked out. The number of people who might use the new exchange or use Medi-Cal coverage also is unknown.
Specific numbers depend, in part, on the fate of the federal executive order issued on Nov. 20, 2014 that expands rights for undocumented adults. The order was put on hold Feb. 17, pending a court ruling.
(Excerpt) Read more at californiahealthline.org ...
INSANITY!
Upcoming comic books:
“Drug Dealers Shape California”
“Global Warming Nutters Shape California”
“AIDS Shapes California”
“More Illegal Invaders Shape California”
California is to immigration as Barney Fife is to a bullet
Maybe Bill should do a better job of documenting his coverage tests.
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