{"id":2702,"date":"2016-04-26T08:43:58","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T12:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=2702"},"modified":"2016-04-26T08:43:58","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T12:43:58","slug":"will-covered-california-sell-health-coverage-to-the-undocumented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=2702","title":{"rendered":"Will Covered California Sell Health Coverage To The Undocumented?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Ana B. Ibarra for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>California legislators are attempting to clear the way for undocumented immigrants to buy health insurance through the state\u2019s insurance exchange \u2014 potentially setting a national precedent.<\/p>\n<p>The fusion of illegal immigration and the Affordable Care Act, two of the most highly charged elements on the periodic table of U.S. politics, could engender a combustible reaction, especially in an election year.<\/p>\n<p>Immigrants living in the country illegally are excluded from the insurance-expanding provisions of Obamacare. They are not eligible for Medicaid (called Medi-Cal in California), and they are not allowed to purchase a health plan from the federal marketplace or any of the state exchanges. <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/will-covered-california-sell-health-coverage-to-the-undocumented\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=28899709&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_noNx3IqmMJTikeH5VgVg8qrWXSRYbPCWdtmJmV_uLjHmf5_jJELNhX1BQA8Pq65yFrCFzukVvcV2ZEhzqkA2PU5bHRA&amp;_hsmi=28899709\" target=\"_blank\">Read article here&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/1.6 'Open Sans', serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Ana B. 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