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CA Senate votes to let undocumented immigrants buy health insurance

By Reuters  
   June 03, 2015

The California Senate voted on Tuesday to allow unauthorized immigrants to buy health insurance on a state exchange created under the U.S. Affordable Care Act, a measure that would make the state the first to offer that kind of coverage. The Senate voted 28-11 in favor of the proposal, which still must be approved by the state Assembly and signed by the governor, said Jesse Melgar, a spokesman for the bill's author, Senator Ricardo Lara. If the bill becomes law, California would become the first U.S. state to let unauthorized immigrants access health insurance from its exchange, although a federal waiver would still be needed for that to happen.

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