{"id":87812,"date":"2019-06-10T15:36:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T19:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=87812"},"modified":"2019-06-10T15:36:40","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T19:36:40","slug":"thousands-of-illegal-aliens-in-california-to-be-eligible-for-medicaid-if-bill-passes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=87812","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of Illegal Aliens in California to be Eligible for Medicaid if Bill Passes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Illegals and others will flock to the states that are generous with their benefits, or lenient when it comes to requirements. California could end up being a more attractive destination for illegals than it is now.\u00a0 \u00a0(Cartoon by Rick McKee)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

In January next year, thousands of illegal aliens will be eligible for health benefits under California law. A part of the plan, to get funding for that initiative, is to tax Californians who aren’t under a qualified health insurance program. State officials estimate that 90,000 illegal aliens would qualify. The cost is expected to run $98 million a year.<\/p>\n

From FOXNews:<\/span><\/p>\n

Under an agreement between Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democrats in the state legislature, low-income adults between the ages of 19 and 25 living in California illegally would be eligible for California’s Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal. The deal emerged as part of a broader $213 billion budget.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And…<\/span><\/p>\n

“While it’s not all we sought, it will provide a real tangible difference for people, especially for those around and below poverty and for middle income families who don’t get any help under the federal law,” Anthony Wright, executive director of advocacy group Health Access, said. Indeed, a family of four earning as much as six times the federal poverty level — or more than $150,000 a year — would be eligible to get about $100 a month from the government to help pay their monthly health insurance premiums.<\/p>\n

To pay for part of it, the state agreed to start taxing people who don’t have health insurance. It’s a revival of the individual-mandate penalty that had been on the books nationwide under former President Barack Obama’s health-care law until Republicans in Congress eliminated it as part of the 2017 overhaul to the tax code.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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