Biden Seeks to Open Health-Care Subsidies to DACA Migrants

President Joe Biden will seek to open access to Medicaid and subsidized health insurance to immigrants who are part of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, in a bid to bolster the beleaguered measure for those brought to the US illegally as children.

Under a new proposed rule from the Department of Health and Human Services, those participating in the program would be deemed to have a “lawful presence” in the US. As a result, the roughly 600,000 DACA recipients could qualify for free health insurance if their income level is low enough, or subsidized insurance on Obamacare ...