Immigrants and Health Insurance Coverage – California

Calif. has novel view of health care for undocumented immigrants, By Anna Gorman, January 17, 2015, USA Today: “Angel Torres hasn’t been to the doctor since coming to the United States illegally more than two decades ago. But now, his vision is getting blurry and he frequently feels tired. Torres, 51, worries he might have diabetes like his brothers. ‘Time is passing,’ he said in Spanish. ‘I need to get checked out.’ Torres is in luck. He lives in California, which has a dramatically different approach to health care for undocumented immigrants than most other states…”