Health Affairs September 19, 2024
Andrew Twinamatsiko, Zachary Baron

A group of 19 Republican state attorneys general, led by Kris Kobach of Kansas, recently brought a lawsuit challenging the new HHS rule that extends access to health coverage to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. A previous Health Affairs Forefront article explained the rule in more detail. The lawsuit, which was filed in a federal district court in North Dakota on August 8, 2024, but then amended on August 28, has been assigned to Judge Daniel M. Traynor, a Trump appointee.

Since DACA was first announced in 2012, actions pertaining to that program have been subject to many lawsuits, some that have gone all the way to the Supreme Court. So this new legal challenge is not a...

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