Health Affairs October 18, 2019
Shortly before it was set to take effect last Tuesday, five federal districts courts, sitting in Washington, California, Baltimore, Cook County and New York City issued preliminary injunctions against the Trump Administration’s new public charge rule, halting at least for now a rule that was widely expected to reduce immigrants’ access to health care, place new burdens on safety-net providers, and jeopardize public health, especially in immigrant communities.
Regulatory Background
The rule at issue would have redefined a longstanding provision of the Immigration and Nationalization Act (INA). The provision allows the federal government to deny admission or a green card to noncitizens (excluding refugees, aslyees, and certain other groups granted special humanitarian status) who are “likely at any time to...
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