some pretty ugly numbers… The number of people enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in California alone exceeds the total populations of 44 of the other states of the union…
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170,000 undocumented immigrant children in California gained access to Medi-Cal starting in May 2016. Governor Jerry Brown signed SB4 into law in October 2015, and it eliminated the immigration status requirement for Medi-Cal eligibility for California residents 18 and under. As long as they qualify based on household income, they’re eligible for coverage.
For undocumented immigrant adults, SB10 was also introduced in 2015, and passed during the 2016 legislative session. SB10 initially called for allowing adults age 19 and over to enroll in Medi-Cal without regard for immigration status.