Fierce Healthcare May 3, 2024
Noah Tong

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Friday the agency will not exclude immigrants with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) protections from receiving coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

The rule will grant health insurance to approximately 100,000 uninsured DACA recipients, CMS estimated in a news release.

“HHS is committed to making health coverage accessible for people DACA recipients—Dreamers—who have worked hard to live the American Dream. Dreamers are our neighbors and friends; they are students, teachers, social workers, doctors and nurses. More importantly, they are fellow Americans,” said Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra in a statement. “More than one third of DACA recipients currently do not have health insurance, so making...

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), CMS, Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, HHS, Insurance, Patient / Consumer
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