California is also providing limited Medi-Cal benefits including pregnancy and emergency care to undocumented immigrants 19 years old and above.
The California Immigrant Policy Center supports legislation to expand Medi-Cal benefits to undocumented immigrants. Its spokesman, Carolina Gamero said, “It’s something that is urgently needed across immigrant communities in California. The longer that we wait and the longer we keep up this unjust exclusion, it’s really setting back California.”
Advocates for universal healthcare are hopeful that incoming Governor Gavin Newsom will prioritize the issue. During his campaign, Newsom promised to expand access to health care coverage.
Health Access California spokesperson Rachel Linn Gish, opined, “You cannot talk about universal health care in California unless you talk about health care for the undocumented.”
