Full Medi-Cal for undocumented immigrant kids, thanks to new state law
The law, which is scheduled to be implemented
While
"It's a big deal because it's a huge success to finally be able to say to every family that there's a health insurance program that your child can have and your child can go to the doctor when they need to," said
Thousands more who were covered by the more limited emergency
"It is a very, very important thing for the families, for each child to have that medical access," she said. "It opens up a wide variety of health services that they might not have accessed before."
Shupe said it is difficult to estimate exactly how many undocumented children in the county will become newly enrolled in the state's health insurance program. She said the range is likely from 2,000 to 4,000 children.
Currently, there are about 1,022 undocumented kids enrolled in emergency
Statewide, there are about 115,000 undocumented children on emergency
Toledo also said that many of the children who do not have any insurance likely live in rural parts of the county. Some of them, he said, live in
About 15 years ago, the
Shupe, a longtime advocate for children's health coverage, was instrumental in the creation of the Healthy Kids program, which established
Subsidized by
Shupe said that while Senate Bill
Last year, the Healthy Kids initiative changed its name to Covered Sonoma County, she said. The initiative supports legislative efforts in
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