Executive Director: Trump Presidency and California Casualty

executive director: Ricardo Lara said he doesn't trust the incoming administration to protect people's privacy and health, according to Brandon Sun. The Democrat from Bell Gardens wrote legislation seeking to waive a federal requirement that the Covered California insurance exchange only do business with citizens and legal U.S. residents. Calling the decision the first California casualty of the Trump presidency, Sen. Officials from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services notified Covered California's executive director on Tuesday that there would be a one-month public comment period and a 180-day window to make a final decision. California is committed to a healthier future for all, and we will continue to seek ways to expand health coverage even as Republicans in Washington move to take it away, Lara said in a statement, referring to GOP efforts to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law. Trump, who has alarmed California Democrats with his rhetoric about immigrants and his pledge to step up deportations, takes office on Friday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.