President Obama's latest executive action on immigration could be especially good news for more than a million illegal immigrants in California. They are not entitled to Obamacare, but they might qualify for California's version of Medicaid — if they're poor enough. Medicaid is federal health insurance for low-income people, administered in California as Medi-Cal, which is more generous than Medicaid in most other states.
Will Executive Action Mean Heathcare After All?
Credits
Guests:
Lisa Alferis - KQED "State of Health" blog -
@laliferis,
Ronald Coleman - California Immigrant Policy Center -
@CALimmigrant,
Luis Alvarado - co-founder of Grow Elect, a Latino Republican PAC; former press secretary for the California Republican Party -
@latinostrategy
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Host:
Warren Olney
Producers:
Benjamin Gottlieb,
Claire Martin