Illegals inhibit health reform in California

“The large step Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney took last week by signing a universal health care law is a gaping crevasse in California, health policy experts said.

That does not mean that universal coverage could not happen in this state. But any meaningful reform would have to somehow address another political flash point: undocumented immigrants.

“One of the big issues in achieving universal health care would be the size of our undocumented population,” said Marian Mulkey, senior program officer of the California HealthCare Foundation. “In California, it’s more about the political environment and who the uninsured are.”"

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