The number of people in the U.S. without health insurance went up last year for the first time in a decade. Experts say the Trump administration's immigration crackdown may be a major reason why.
and adding a new public plan option, open to U.S. citizens and legal residents.
The administration issued a statement blaming the law’s high premiums, unaffordable for solid middle-class people who do not qualify for financial assistance. “The reality is we will continue to see the number of uninsured increase until we address the underlying issues in Obamacare that have failed the American people,” the statement said.Health economist Richard Frank of Harvard Medical School said the data “suggest that we are dealing with immigration ... potentially in some unexpected ways.
Frank noted that immigrant families often include foreign-born and native-born relatives, “and you can imagine the new approach to immigration inhibiting these people from doing things that would make them more visible to public authorities,” such as applying for government health care programs. “There are a lot of kids eligible for public coverage but not enrolled because of various things that make it less comfortable for people to enroll in public coverage,” said Hempstead.which could deny green cards to migrants who use government benefits
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