California taxpayers will soon pay more in taxes to enroll more illegal immigrants in Medicaid, a plan that was part of a recently approved state budget.
Younger illegal immigrants are already enrolled in Medicaid, SNAP and other federally funded programs.
Democrats then estimated that adding 90,000 people to Medicaid would cost taxpayers $98 million per year.
Adding illegal immigrants older than age 50 was the next step this year, they argued, which was included in the state's two-year budget proposal.
"Building on the state's expansion of Medi-Cal coverage to all Californians up to age 26 and additional Covered California premium assistance to middle-income individuals, the governor in May proposed tackling the long-standing structural barriers in health care for low-income older undocumented persons as the state makes progress toward universal coverage." The budget also eliminates the asset test for those applying for Medicaid.
The removal of the asset test enables 17,802 more people to enroll in Medicaid who were otherwise prevented from doing so before.
Adding more than 17,802 people will cost an additional $220 million per year, the California Department of Health Care Services said.
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Tuesday, July 6, 2021
California taxpayers to pay $1.3 billion to enroll more illegal immigrants in Medicaid
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