California Could Lead U.S. in Closing Coverage Gap for Undocumented Immigrants, Opinion Piece Argues

In a Sacramento Bee opinion piece, three experts argue that California is "set to lead" the country "by closing the gap in coverage left when Congress decided to exclude undocumented immigrants from participating in either the insurance exchanges or the expansion of Medicaid benefits." The piece was written by San Diego State University professor Enrico Marcelli, UCLA School of Public Health's Department of Community Health Sciences Chair Steven Wallace and Manuel Pastor, director of the University of Southern California's Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration.

• "Viewpoints: Health Care Coverage for Undocumented Immigrants" (Marcelli et al., Sacramento Bee, 5/17).