Undocumented kids can get health care in California. Gavin Newsom wants it for young adults, too
“Although her family’s low income qualified her for government-funded health coverage, she wasn’t eligible for full-scope Medi-Cal for much of her childhood because she lacks legal status. But that changed in 2016. Lopez became eligible for California’s version of Medicaid, the state- federal health insurance program for the poor, under a new law that expanded coverage to more than 250,000 California children and teens who could newly qualify regardless of their immigration status.”