In 2015, the previous governor Jerry Brown signed a bill that allowed only undocumented children to join Medi-Cal as long as they meet eligibility requirements, including income limits and California residency. In 2019, Newsom signed a law granting eligibility to those younger than 26, and in May, California started covering people aged 50 and over, according to the Daily Mail UK report. In addition, Medi-Cal is available to people with certain medical conditions as well as those who are pregnant, blind, disabled, under age 21, living in a nursing home or are a recently settled refugee.
