July 27, 2021 - LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara released the following statement after Governor Gavin Newsom signed budget trailer bill AB 133 into law, expanding Medi-Cal coverage to include all adults age 50 and older, regardless of their immigration status. As a member of the California Senate, Commissioner Lara authored Health4All Kids covering all children up to age 18, and introduced the first bills to cover all older adults.

“Dreams do come true when we never give up on them. California’s immigrants have given so much to our state, and now they will have the dignity of health care as they age. Governor Newsom has erased a vestige of discrimination against our immigrant communities that so many of us have fought for years to overcome. I have championed the rights of immigrants to affordable health coverage during my service in the Legislature and now as Insurance Commissioner. I am grateful to all those in the Legislature, Administration, and community advocates who never gave up on our fight to win health care for all older Californians."

Source: CA. Dept. of Insurance