Admin Offers Subsidized ACA Plans To DACA Recipients, Punts On Medicaid

Democratic lawmakers, patient advocates and other stakeholders are cheering the Biden administration for extending subsidized Affordable Care Act coverage to DACA-recipients starting Nov. 1 in a long-awaited final rule out Friday (May 3). While the rule does not tweak the definition of “lawfully residing” to allow Dreamers to enroll in a Medicaid/CHIP coverage option for pregnant people and children, as proposed, the administration stresses that most people who would be eligible for those programs could still get subsidies through the...