California to Become First State to Give Illegal Aliens Taxpayer-Funded Health Insurance
California will become the first state in the nation to give illegal aliens taxpayer-funded health insurance.
Beginning on January 1, over 700,000 illegal aliens between the ages of 26 and 49 will be eligible for benefits, according to a report from ABC News — but all ages will be accepted.
Medi-Cal, the state version of the low-income federal Medicaid program, will cover the healthcare costs for foreign nationals.
ABC News reports:
Previously, undocumented immigrants were not qualified to receive comprehensive health insurance but were allowed to receive emergency and pregnancy-related services under Medi-Cal as long as they met eligibility requirements, including income limits and California residency in 2014.
In 2015, undocumented children were able to join Medi-Cal under a bill signed by then-Gov.
