MedPage Today May 3, 2024
— New rule opens up ACA marketplace to DACA participants
Roughly 100,000 immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children are expected to enroll in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) next year under a new directive the Biden administration released Friday.
The move took longer than promised to finalize and fell short of President Biden’s initial proposal to allow those migrants to sign up for Medicaid, the health insurance program that provides nearly free coverage for the nation’s poorest people.
But it will allow thousands of migrants to access lucrative tax breaks when they sign up for coverage after the ACA’s marketplace enrollment opens November 1, just days ahead of the presidential election.
While it may help Biden boost...
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