California Paying for Illegal Migrants to Gender Transition Sparks Fury
struggling to deal with the influx.California is now paying for illegal aliens to get sex changes.There’s no punchline to this tweet.California is the punchline.Posting on X, formerly Twitter, Colorado House Republican Lauren Boebert hit out at the policy commenting: "California is now paying for illegal aliens to get sex changes.
There's no punchline to this tweet. California is the punchline."While state guidelines say that illegal migrants can qualify for gender-affirming care, it is unclear if any have taken up this option.Responding to Boebert, conservative commentator Paul Szypula, who has more than 101,000 X followers, said: "California is horrible but so is the US border.
Republicans in Congress had a year as majority to address it but refused to be tough when needed."Another X user responded by attacking Boebert, posting: "Almost made it the whole day without some blathering bigotry.
So close."Medi-Cal had been available to those age 25 and under, or 50 and over, who met the income and residency thresholds for some time, but starting Monday it was extended to all unregistered migrants, with an estimated 700,000 more people becoming eligible.A 2022 California state memo, viewed by online news outlet The Daily Caller, makes it clear that "gender affirming care is a covered Medi-Cal benefit when medically necessary." This matches advice from the Transgender Law Center, a transgender advocacy group, which in a recent publication on gender reassignment surgery said: "Despite what many Medi-Cal recipients have heard, Medi-Cal will cover some procedures."On January 2, The Daily Caller published excerpts of the memo on receiving gender-affirming health care: "Gender affirming care is a covered Medi-Cal benefit when medically necessary.