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The “FPL” refers to the federal poverty level, the annual income thresholds HHS publishes that many programs use to determine eligibility; eligibility for 2026 coverage and many 2026 program rules wil...
A growing but fragmented patchwork of state programs now fills federal gaps to provide public or publicly funded ; however, which states cover adults, who is eligible, and what benefits are offered va...
The available analyses show : emergency Medicaid for noncitizens is reported as under 1% of Medicaid and roughly $27 billion from FY2017–2023, while some partisan accounts claim more than $16.2 billio...
have established state-funded health programs that extend some public coverage to people regardless of immigration status—most commonly to children, several to pregnant people, and a smaller set to ad...
As of the latest state-level surveys and legal trackers, a cohort of states and Washington, D.C. have created fully state‑funded programs that provide Medicaid‑like or full‑scope coverage to some or a...
(commonly listed as , , , , , , , , , , , , and ) have state programs that provide health coverage to people regardless of immigration status—including children and, in many cases, pregnant people—by ...
Fourteen states plus Washington, D.C., have created state-run programs that provide either full-scope or limited public health coverage to people regardless of immigration status, and a larger set of ...
California’s Medicaid program—Medi‑Cal—covered roughly 14.48 million children and adults as of May 2025, a figure compiled by KFF that places enrollment at approximately one‑third of the state’s popul...
California’s Medicaid expansion drove the largest absolute enrollment gains among nonelderly adults aged 19–64, with Medi‑Cal enrollment rising from about 7.6 million pre‑ACA to roughly 12.2 million b...