DACA ‘Dreamers’ Would Be Eligible for Government Healthcare Under New Rule

Immigrants in U.S. illegally who were brought as children could get coverage via the Affordable Care Act or Medicaid

A demonstration in Washington last year to support the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.Photo: Jose Luis Magana/Associated Press

WASHINGTON—Recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will become eligible for government-subsidized healthcare benefits, including the Affordable Care Act, under a new Biden administration initiative announced Thursday.

A proposed regulation, published by the Department of Health and Human Services, would make recipients of the program—immigrants in the country illegally who were brought as children—eligible for programs including Medicaid, the children’s health insurance program and subsidies under the Affordable Care Act. Such a change has long been encouraged by Democrats and opposed by many Republicans. 

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