Immigrants Without Legal Status May Lose Health Care In States

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🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Democratic governors in California and Minnesota are proposing to roll back health insurance coverage for immigrants without legal status that they signed into law. We look at what's going on.

This podcast: voting correspondent Miles Parks, Minnesota Public Radio senior politics reporter Dana Ferguson, and CapRadio statehouse & politics reporter Laura Fitzgerald.

This podcast was produced and edited by Casey Morell. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

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1:04.0	healthcare for migrants who are in the U.S. without legal status. So in recent years,
1:09.0	we've seen some blue states expand coverage for those folks.
1:12.0	But now, we're seeing a rollback. And I'm joined today by reporters from two of the states
1:16.5	where this is playing out right now. And I'm joined here by reporters from two of the states
1:20.5	where this is playing out now. Cap Radio's Laura Fitzgerald in California and Minnesota
1:25.3	public radio is Dana Ferguson and St. Paul. How do you both?
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