Undocumented & Uninsured

Before the pandemic, California was poised to be the first state in the country to allow undocumented immigrants access to MediCal, a state insurance program which they had been barred from using due to their immigration status. In 2019, I interviewed and photographed undocumented immigrants in California’s Inland Empire through a fellowship at USC’s Center for Health Journalism. The coronavirus pandemic hit California in 2020, the year access was to begin, which meant money allocated to support healthcare for approximately 300,000 undocumented immigrants was diverted to dealing with the public health crisis. Four years after the pandemic, on January 1, 2024, California implemented the policy that allows all residents to use MediCal.

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