Advocates Cry Foul Over Move To Terminate Immigrants’ Health Coverage
Two immigrant groups bring civil rights complaints with the Department of Health and Human Services to block the cancellations for about 115,000 people who bought coverage through healthcare.gov but whose immigration status the government hasn't been able to verify.
The Wall Street Journal’s Washington Wire: Immigrant Groups Try To Block Termination Of Health Plans
Immigrant advocates are accusing the Obama administration of violating antidiscrimination provisions in the federal health-care law by moving to terminate coverage for around 115,000 people who bought coverage through HealthCare.gov who didn’t take additional steps to prove they are legal U.S. residents. Two immigrant groups filed complaints Tuesday with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights asking it to block the action, which is being carried out by other units of the department. The Office of Civil Rights is in charge of enforcing rules in the 2010 law that bar discrimination in the sale of health plans (Radnofsky, 9/30).
Politico Pro: Immigration Advocates Assail HHS On Lost Coverage, ‘Data Matches’
A national immigration group accused HHS of violating the ACA’s anti-discrimination provisions during its efforts to reconcile immigration data for hundreds of thousands of Obamacare consumers in a complaint filed with the department’s Office of Civil Rights on Tuesday. The National Immigration Law Center also submitted a FOIA request seeking more information about the estimated 115,000 people set to lose Obamacare coverage today because of unreconciled citizenship information (Wheaton, 9/30).
