Health care push for those in California

By Associated Press

Published January 11, 2014 5:00am ET

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Health care push for those in California — FILE - This Aug. 31, 2011 file photo shows Assemblyman Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Immigrants who are in California illegally should have access to health insurance through a state version of the Affordable Care Act, Lara, the head of the Legislature's Latino caucus said Friday Jan. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file) | Rich Pedroncelli

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California lawmaker wants to use a state version of the Affordable Care Act to provide health care access to immigrants who are in the state illegally.

Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, said if the goal of the federal health care law is to provide coverage to the uninsured, then immigration status should be irrelevant.

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