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California’s historic near-universal health coverage is unraveling as budget cuts and federal rules threaten to leave nearly 2.2 million people uninsured by 2030—especially undocumented immigrants and low-income residents. Southern California, home to large immigrant and minority communities, faces the steepest rise in uninsured rates, with Black and Asian Californians seeing their rates more than double. Stories like Kandi Hill’s tragic death from untreated cervical cancer underscore the human cost of past failures. Now, enrollment for undocumented adults is frozen, vital services like meal delivery are being scaled back, and a harsh savings test is returning—despite lawmakers pushing for alternative funding. With state coffers strained and federal policies shifting, California stands at a crossroads: choose between cutting care or finding new ways to pay for it, while millions watch their health security slip away.

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