Senate Proposed Health Care Bill Would Harm Immigrants
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Currently, many immigrants are able to buy insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or enroll in Medicaid (if they are low income and either have become naturalized citizens or have had a green card for at least 5 years). Nationally, the ACA enabled many immigrants to receive health insurance, lowering the uninsured rate "by a quarter between 2013 and 2015."
"These cuts are critical, to those who are on Medicaid and for many others. Medicaid covers important resources like home health care which, for people like me who use a wheelchair, are crucial to allowing us to do our work and live our lives. I am a organizer for people with disabilities and if I didn't have access to health care, I wouldn't be able to take care of my community," said
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* Survivors of serious crimes who are cooperating with law enforcement to prosecute the perpetrators
* Individuals who have fled torture or persecution, or otherwise can't return to their home countries, who are authorized to live and work lawfully in the US but don't have or don't yet have one of the "qualified" statuses; and
* Immediate family members of US citizens who are authorized to live and work in the US but don't yet have their green card.
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* allowing states to not offer basic benefits such as hospital visits and maternity care
* decreasing financial assistance for low income families
* allowing insurers to charge older adults as much as five times more than a young adult for health insurance premiums.
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