By Tony Hicks –
Contra Costa Health announced Thursday it is offering affordable health care coverage to undocumented and uninsured county residents who don’t qualify for Medi-Cal or Covered California.
Residents who may be eligible can now call a financial counselor at 1-800-771-4270 to ask about enrolling in Basic Health Care, which offers coverage for primary care, medications, X-rays and more.
While Medi-Cal has expanded to include undocumented residents, some of those residents earn too much money to qualify, CCH said in a statement. And they aren’t eligible for Covered California because they’re undocumented.
“We’re still seeing some people in our community fall through the cracks, unable to get health insurance,” said Gilbert Salinas, chief equity officer for CCH. “Basic Health Care will help fill that gap and give people access to medical care.”
Earlier this year, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors made undocumented residents eligible for Basic Health Care.
It’s estimated more than 10,000 undocumented residents in Contra Costa are eligible for Basic Health Care.
To qualify for Basic Health Care, residents must have incomes below 300% of the federal poverty level. People enrolled in Basic Health Care will pay a sliding-scale quarterly premium depending on their income, up to $20 a month. Enrollment in this program will not be considered as part of a public charge test for immigrants.
Basic Health Care enrollees will be able to access care at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and the county’s outpatient health centers.
“By improving access to primary medical services through Basic Health Care, we aim to reduce unnecessary visits to local hospital emergency departments,” Salinas said.
So they pay NOTHING into the pot but reap ALL the benefits … when do we THE taxpayers get to reap some benefits? Why are we always paying more for less?
Are we suprised .. this is the ‘health’ department that provided how to have safe covid sex …. yeah ..
Dude calm down. Some of them paying taxes by applying for ITIN. Research on how much the undocumented immigrants pay in taxes and you will learn something.
again calm down and let them live theirs lives.
Why calm down? Why are you not outraged that your tax dollars are going towards criminals, o excuse me illegals, ummm, I mean undocumented immigrants.
I am not okay with the government continuing to spend my tax dollars on people who have broken the law to get into this country, state and county.
Yes, it is true that an illegal undocumented immigrant can apply for an ITIN, but really … you already broke the law to get here, so how many are actually doing that? I would bet the percentage is MUCH lower than you think it is.
As for illegals paying taxes, yeah, some might – many do not. I see all the wonderful, non-government, websites (ie websites that want to make illegals look better) say that illegals pay billions … well prove it. And when you do identify the illegals, apply the law and ship them out.
Some but the fact is more are not. Just go into any bank (especially on a Saturday) and watch who and how people are cashing checks. They aren’t paying any taxes and get everything free from the U.S. Tax Payer
Unless they are being paid illegally under the table, in which case they probably would not be getting a traceable check, the guy writing the check has to take out taxes and Social Security/Medicare. An illegal immigrant will never get that money back, unlike a legal immigrant who can file an income tax return to get a refund, and eventually be eligible for SS benefits.
kjp here is another sicario for you to ponder on how checks get issuing to illegal aliens.
An illegal alien is not eligible to receive a social security number. Any foreign worker must provide U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Employment Authorization Document or Lawful Permanent Resident Form (green card) to the Social Security Administration to obtain a social security number. An illegal alien cannot apply since they did not enter into the country legally.
The employer is required to obtain a social security number for employment. So how to get a round this requirement? Either make a SSN up or purchase a legitimate SSN that has been stolen in one of the hundreds of data breaches nationwide.
The employer happily uses the number and issues a check. The illegal alien then happily goes to the nearest check chasing business, pays a percentage of their earning to the businesses for the wink, wink, nudge, nudge legal transaction and walks out with cash.
Unfortunately, the person who as been assigned that SSN used by the illegal alien, gets a nasty surprise in May. They get a letter from the IRS stating they underreported their income for tax purposes which caused them untold amount of problems to correct.
says gilbert salinas they are living others lives for them by living off others money.living thier lives?
nice catch phrase that has nothing to do with an invitation to come here,suck the systems teet and vote illegally.
Nice try.
Paul, you need to calm down & learn something:
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“It costs California taxpayers approximately $22,068,000,000 each year to provide services to their state’s illegal alien population. And the taxes paid by illegal alien households in California only cover about 4 percent of those costs. The fiscal burden associated with massive illegal immigration is already enormous, and it will continue to increase as long as the illegal alien population in the state keeps growing, and as long as the state continues to extend taxpayer-funded services to illegal aliens”.
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https://www.fairus.org/issue/publications-resources/fiscal-burden-illegal-immigration-ca-taxpayers
Jelly, you clearly have yet to become familiar with Paul and his tangential (at best) relationship with facts or anything else that’s not fed to him by liberal media.
It’s a left wing tactic.
Omit the info that does not support the narrative.
I’ve seen many articles touting the great contributions to the government tax coffers made by illegal aliens without any mention of the price we pay providing them with health care, welfare etc.
Simple minds are easily manipulated by people with flexible ethics.
You must be undocumented and no dont let them live their lives. they are here illegally and being taken care of better the US citizens here legally. It doesnt add up and is unconstitutional. If you dont agree join them when they get sent back!!!!
Meanwhile I have to pay $3,300 a month for my family! Complete B.S.!
try 5000 one person 3 k just rent
Yes my tax dollars going towards people who come here and can’t take care of themselves.
Come here with zero plans, get benefits, drivers licenses, vote registration, jobs, and this pos county give them my hard earned tax dollars. All for what? Votes, cheap labor, pick vegetables? What a joke this country is. This state is a total loss.
How is this new? I worked in primary care for CCC in for 5 years around 2014. I was seeing illegals who didn’t have to pay for a single thing even without Medi-cal. They got medical, mental health, chiro, acupuncture, and free rides to appointments. I was disgusted.
look at all those jobs created by crime,this is why they wont stop it.
So no matter what – we have to pay the way for illegal aliens everything … AND Newscum approved the $150K “loans” for first time home buyers for them – they’ll default – and guess who pays for that too?! 🙁 Better not compalian if you voted for any of them …we need to vote them out!
Color me shocked but Newsom vetoed the bill for the State secured loan to illegal aliens.
I’ll say it again. Even a broken clock is right at least once a day.
Step right up folks,free admission and the wares are free too..this is commiefornia.
Brought to them by the democrat politicians, who bleed honest hard working responsible law abiding middle class tax paying citizens. The democrat politicians are truly parasites, only looking to promote themselves.
Undocumented and illegal to be here what do their supporters not understand.
I don’t support them being here at all, get the F outa of here and go back where you came from.
This is how bad your system keeps failing!
The note reads “undocumented (illegals)earn too much money, so they are not eligible for covered california because they are undocumented (illegal). So they can now apply for basic health care through county.
This is why your borders will continue to be open and even if they are not, illegals will get here in many legal ways, my inmigrant people here know what I mean.
The word gets as far as those isolated places in the world. “Hey, you know in the US you can make money, and the government will still help you live there, even if you are illegal. And if you have kids even more” and this is why illegals immigration will never stop, because of giveaways like this.
“your system” … YOUR system?
If illegals werent here Calif would be %98 Republican.
They are hiding this by flooding the place with illegals.They dont want people to see the real California.
I came fron another country and i never saw someone from south of the border till i came to Calif,because there is nothing there for them for free if they havent paid into the system.
More money is being made from illegals than handed out to them,and its all miscounted money and nobody cares.
Hold on there Pard.
As much as it might be a point of pride for you to point out where a foreign government is failing, you no longer have that privilege. That foreign government failure is now YOUR Government failure!
Oh before I forget if no one told you and you skipped over the fine print, YOUR portion of the US National debt is now $104,082 and climbing every second. The US Treasury accepts cash or check. Credit and debt cards have an added 3% cover charge…
Welcome to the land of the Free (pun intended). H-O-O-A-H!
So Contra Costa must have a Budget Surplus.. Willing to hand out Taxpayer $$$ to NON Citizens… They must feel very “Nobel”… with other peoples $$$…
Bahahahahhahahhahahhahaha
Democracy is spectacular, bahahhaha
What the actual……..??? Spending our property taxes before they even get the bill mailed out? Some of the undocumented invaders make too much money to qualify for some of the charity programs? While some of us have worked 50 years and paid into every tax-burden system they push onto us–and never ask for anything more than what we’ve paid for?
DO NOT VOTE FOR A SINGLE INCUMBENT. NOT ONE. NOT A REPUBLICAN NOR A SOCIALIST DEMOCRAT. NEITHER IS WORKING FOR THE CITIZENS OF THIS NATION.
There are incumbent Republicans in California?
Maybe one or two out in the countryside…off-grid…😂off-roading into town for Tuesday meetings.
That’s good to know I’ll be down there Monday morning if they can afford to pay for illegal aliens they can afford for me to go there also as a tax paying American citizen
Margaret Thatcher once said that “The trouble with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money.”
I think they figured a way to work around the “other people’s money” bit. Federal debt is over $35,000,000,000,000. California’s debt is, depending what number you cite, anywhere from $122,000,000,000 (2022) to $605,000,000,000. They have figured out how to spend so much, they are no longer adding “other people’s money,” now it is just a huge number that they have normalized so that it is no longer shocking. 2/3 of this population do not care, they have no skin in the game as the elitist, racist, former marxist president from 2009-2017 so famously opined. Numbers this large no longer are even remotely relatable to the population. Can you hear me grumbling????
There are two really outrageous things about this piece of news: first, the free health care for illegals won’t be reported in a “public charge test”. Do you know what this is? When any immigrant applies for citizenship, they are being asked if they were a “public charge”, i. e. received means-tested aid from the US taxpayers. The reason for this question is that we already have enough free-loaders, no need to import them from abroad. This freebie is clearly a means-tested, taxpayer-funded aid. Yet receiving it won’t be counted as being a “public charge”.
Second, why the f… does Contra Costa Health need a position of “Chief Equity Officer”? I assume with an attendant “Office of Equity”? How about eliminating these BS positions and giving taxpayers a refund?
https://comicallyincorrect.com/veterans-waiting-list/
Things are way out of whack and the path back it getting narrower and narrower.
What a huge injustice to the law abiding citizens of this county. Many of us pay a fortune in taxes and a fortune for our own healthcare. The result is a quality of life that just keeps going down.
Let me get this straight:
Waiting to jump to the 5th dimension. This world is beyond crazy.
Seems fair since undocumented immigrants contribute nearly $100 billion in taxes yearly.
https://itep.org/undocumented-immigrants-taxes-2024/
Contra Costa County obviously agrees that immigrants are vital to our communities, they wouldn’t do this for no reason.
If and when they become immigrants rather than illegal aliens we’ll welcome them with open arms. If it’s a difficult process, tough s**t. Anything worthwhile always is.
This state is run by idiots for the idiots that elected them. Unfortunately, those that don’t vote for this BS have to suffer the consequences.