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Mar 22, 2023 · California continues to make remarkable progress in expanding access to health coverage, including by expanding Medi-Cal eligibility for low-income undocumented residents. Yet, we project there will be 520,000 uninsured undocumented residents who earn too much for Medi-Cal and do not have employer coverage. This group remains categorically excluded from enrolling in Covered California and ...
California’ 224 2 Figure 1. Uninsured Californians age 0-64 by eligibility group, 2024. 520,000 710,000 570,000 540,000 230,000. Eligible for Covered CA 400+% FPL Eligible for Covered CA under 400% FPL Eligible for employer coverage Eligible for Medi-Cal Undocumented, not eligible for Medi-Cal or Covered CA, and without an offer of employer ...
California’s historic expansion of Medi-Cal eligibility to all low-income Californians regardless of immigration status is scheduled to go into effect in January of 2024, when low-income undocumented adults ages 26-49 will become eligible for full-scope Medi-Cal coverage. Authors project that after the new enrollment has taken place, California’s uninsured population will decrease to a ...
Sep 4, 2024 · The state’s average uninsured rate has dropped from nearly one in four Californians in 2009 to less than one in ten today. At the start of 2024, Democratic lawmakers led California to become one of only two states in the nation to offer state-funded health insurance to all low-income undocumented immigrant Californians.
Jun 12, 2024 · Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, is the state’s health insurance program for Californians with low income, including three in seven children, two in nine nonelderly adults, and two in five people with disabilities. It also paid for 39% of all births in the state. In total, over 15 million Californians relied on the program for health […]
SACRAMENTO, California - Effective January 1st, 2024, Senator Maria Elena Durazo’s landmark Health4all bill makes California the first state in the nation to expand Medi-Cal to all uninsured Californians, including almost 2 million low-income undocumented immigrants.
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Exhibit 3. Uninsured rate for Californians age 0-64, before and after Medi-Cal expansion to low-income undocumented residents 26-49 years old, 2023 and 2024 Note: assumes ARP subsidies through Covered California are extended Uninsured rates not shown are within one percentage point of rate shown for 2024 Source: CalSIM version 3.2 2023, 2024 4.5%
