Biden expanding some migrants’ access to health care, officials say

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Biden expanding some migrants’ access to health care, officials say
Associated Press
April 13, 2023
By ZEKE MILLER, AMANDA SEITZ and MICHAEL BALSAMO

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to announce that his administration is expanding eligibility for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges to hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children, according to two U.S. officials briefed on the matter.

The action will allow participants in the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, to access government-funded health insurance programs. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the matter before the formal announcement on Thursday.

The 2012 DACA initiative was meant to shield from deportation immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents as young children and to allow them to work legally in the country. However, the immigrants were still ineligible for government-subsidized health insurance programs because they did not meet the definition for having “lawful presence” in the U.S. That’s what Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services will aim to change by the end of the month. ...

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Report: Biden to Gift Health Plan Aid to Illegal Migrants

Simon Kent 13 Apr 2023

Eligibility for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges will be expanded to include hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children, a report Thursday claims.

President Joe Biden is set to announce his administration is moving to include the arrivals according to two U.S. officials briefed on the matter, AP reports.

The action will allow participants in the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to access government-funded health insurance programs, continuing moves Biden began in 2021 to offer U.S. taxpayer resources to illegal migrants and their children.

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Biden grants DACA Dreamers access to Obamacare
Biden announced the decision in a Thursday video message, asserting that DACA recipients are "American in every way except on paper."
By Ben Whedon
Updated: April 13, 2023 - 3:43pm

President Joe Biden authorized illegal immigrants in the DACA program to access Obamacare on Thursday, allowing them to purchase insurance on the program's exchanges and to access Medicaid.

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is an Obama-era program protecting illegal immigrants from deportation if they arrived in the country at a young age. DACA enrollees had to enter the U.S. under the age of 16 and to have done so by 2007. The program covers roughly 700,000 illegal immigrants. Enrollment grants a work permit and some access to benefits.

Biden announced the decision in a Thursday video message, asserting that DACA recipients are "American in every way except on paper" and deserved the same rights as U.S. citizens, the Washington Times reported. He further called for granting them full citizenship. ...

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