Creating a Pathway to Affordable Health Insurance for Dreamers
Commonwealth Fund May 18, 2023
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The Biden administration has proposed rules to expand access to affordable health care coverage for tens of thousands of Dreamers who for more than a decade have been uninsured
Aligning the ACA’s coverage policies with DACA will finally allow tens of thousands of young people brought to the U.S. as children to access affordable health care
On April 26, the Biden administration proposed rules to address a longstanding problem: “Dreamers” — that is, young people who were brought to the United States as children and are now protected against deportation by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) — lack access to affordable health insurance unless furnished by their employers. The rule would recognize DACA recipients as legally present...