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If expanding quality health care access is California's goal, Medi-Cal is not the solution
CalMatters | March 22, 2024 | Sally Pipes
In January, California became the very first state ([link removed]) to open its Medicaid program, called Medi-Cal, to every undocumented immigrant within its borders. Some 700,000 adults between the ages of 26 and 49 now qualify for publicly funded health coverage.
No other state has gone as far as California ([link removed]) – yet. Others have partially expanded public health coverage for undocumented people. At least one – Minnesota ([link removed]) – is planning to follow California’s lead and offer coverage to low-income undocumented immigrants in the state next year.
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Biden's Healthcare Budget Enriches Insurers, Ignores Patients
Newsmax | Sally Pipes | March 22, 2024
Anyone clamoring for commonsense healthcare reform won’t find much to cheer about in President Joe Biden’s new budget proposal.
The insurance industry, however, should be very pleased.
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As Obamacare Turns 14, It Continues To Bully U.S. Patients
Newsweek | Sally Pipes | March 22, 2024
March 23 marks the 14th anniversary ([link removed](,in%202010)%20and%20its%20amendments) of the passage of Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). At the signing ceremony, then-Vice President Joe Biden ([link removed]) famously remarked ([link removed]) , “This is a big fucking deal!”
How right he was—much to the chagrin of patients, who have been stuck with the monstrosity that is the Affordable Care Act ever since.
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