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Good Read: Undocumented Immigrants Left Out of Health Reform

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Undocumented immigrants are not eligible for any of the benefits under the Affordable Care Act, and in California, that's roughly one million people. When they get sick, they fare as best they can in safety-net providers including community clinics and ERs. Funding care for this population has always been a challenge and will continue to be so after January 1.

Juan Jimenez has kidney disease and his lab results are getting worse. Suzanne Powell, his family physician at La Clinica de la Raza in Concord – about 20 miles east of Oakland – is out of answers. She needs to get Jimenez to a specialist.

Read more at: www.californiareport.org

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