GOP-led states sue to block health coverage for DACA recipients

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

A COALITION OF 15 REPUBLICAN-LED STATES HAS FILED A FEDERAL LAWSUIT TO STOP THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S PLAN TO EXTEND HEALTH CARE COVERAGE TO APPROXIMATELY 100-THOUSAND UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WHO CURRENTLY FALL UNDER THE DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS 

BACK IN MAY, THE ADMINISTRATION PUBLISHED A RULE MAKING ALL OF THESE IMMIGRANTS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS “DREAMERS,”  ELIGIBLE FOR HEALTH CARE THROUGH THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.

THE RULE WOULD ALLOW DACA “DREAMERS” TO ENROLL IN THE ACA’S HEALTH INSURANCE NEXT YEAR.

NOW, THE GOP-LED LAWSUIT, WHICH WAS FILED IN NORTH DAKOTA, ARGUES THAT THE NEW RULE VIOLATES FEDERAL LAWS AND AIMS TO PREVENT THOSE IMMIGRANTS BROUGHT TO THE U-S ILLEGALLY AS CHILDREN FROM ACCESSING SUBSIDIZED HEALTH INSURANCE.

THE COMPLAINT STATES THAT THE ACA MANDATES THAT ONLY U.S. CITIZENS, NATIONALS, OR ALIENS ‘LAWFULLY PRESENT’ ARE ELIGIBLE TO ENROLL IN A QUALIFIED HEALTH PLAN THROUGH A SUBSIDIZED EXCHANGE.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ARGUES THAT EXTENDING HEALTH COVERAGE TO ‘DREAMERS’ WILL BENEFIT THEIR INDIVIDUAL WELL-BEING AND STRENGTHEN THE NATION’S OVERALL HEALTH AND ECONOMY. 

THIS LEGAL CHALLENGE UNFOLDS AGAINST A BACKDROP OF FLUCTUATING BORDER CROSSINGS AND CITIES GRAPPLING WITH RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR MIGRANTS. 

THE RULE IS SET TO GO INTO EFFECT NOVEMBER 1ST – JUST DAYS BEFORE THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

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