Medi-Cal and undocumented immigrants

http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-immigrants-medi-cal-20160427-story.html

This article discusses the efforts being made to enable undocumented immigrants to get health care in California. Apparently, the state has decided to allow anyone under 19 who is here illegally to be covered under Medi-Cal. That comes out to about 17,000 people.

The article explains that it's easy to get health insurance for kids, since it's cheaper and easier to get people on board with. The issue is whether undocumented adults will get the same coverage, which is described as being "a much harder sell."

"Excuse me, sir"

Here's that article I mentioned in class last time. It's about a construction worker named Diego Reyna, who hung a Mexican flag on the Trump Tower project in Vancouver, Canada. He is a Canadian citizen, but is from Mexico, and some of his friends work at the site. The point he was trying to make is that despite Trump's rhetoric about Mexican immigrants, he still has no objection to taking advantage of the work they do.

Reyna then took a picture of the flag, which then was spread all over the Internet. He is is quoted in the article as saying "I’m a humble, middle-class construction worker. He’s a huge guy, a billionaire, and a candidate to run one of the most powerful countries in the world. Putting a Mexican flag on his tower is the only possible way I can say, ‘Excuse me, sir.’"

Personally, I think this was an effective means of protest. His actions made a clear statement without being violent or destructive, and putting it on the Internet made sure it was noticed in the United States as well as Canada. Predictably, the flag has since been removed.