Admin To Extend ACA, Medicaid/CHIP Eligibility To DACA Recipients

Thousands of DACA recipients who have been barred from enrolling in public health programs would be eligible for some Medicaid, CHIP and subsidized Affordable Care Act coverage under a proposed rule HHS submitted to the White House Office of Management and Budget for review Thursday (April 13) and expected out by the end of the month. Numerous Advocates and Democratic lawmakers who pushed the administration to grant Dreamers access to the public health programs applauded the news as a major...