Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Huntington Park/Long Beach) introduced Senate Bill 1005, the Health For All Act. The bill would give undocumented residents access to the Covered California exchange and Medi-Cal. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) excludes undocumented immigrants from the Covered California exchange. An estimated three to four million people in the state will remain uninsured in spite of ACA, and almost a million of those will be undocumented residents ineligible for coverage. “Excluding people from access to care hurts the health of our communities, and does not reflect California values,” said Lara. The estimated annual tax contribution of undocumented immigrants in California is $2.7 billion and 92% of this population live in working families. For more information, visithttp://www.senate.ca.gov/lara.
Bill Would Extend Coverage to the Undocumented
February 23, 2014 By
