Undocumented Immigrant Not Allowed To Buy Health Insurance Through Marketplace

Even though Jessica Bravo, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, isn’t allowed to buy coverage under the Affordable Care Act, she works as a health outreach worker to educate people about the new health law. Until a few months ago, the 19-year-old Costa Mesa resident didn’t know coverage was a possibility for her as well.

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<h1>Undocumented Immigrant Not Allowed To Buy Health Insurance Through Marketplace</h1>
<div>	<span class="byline">Heidi de Marco, KFF Health News</span>
		<time class="posted-on" datetime="2014-10-31T13:19:53-04:00">
			October 31, 2014		</time>
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<p></p><p>Even though Jessica Bravo, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, isn’t allowed to buy coverage under the Affordable Care Act, she works as a health outreach worker to educate people about the new health law. Until a few months ago, the 19-year-old Costa Mesa resident didn’t know coverage was a possibility for her as well.</p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/undocumented-immigrant-not-allowed-to-buy-health-insurance-through-marketplace/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/undocumented-immigrant-not-allowed-to-buy-health-insurance-through-marketplace/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/undocumented-immigrant-not-allowed-to-buy-health-insurance-through-marketplace/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Undocumented%20Immigrant%20Not%20Allowed%20To%20Buy%20Health%20Insurance%20Through%20Marketplace&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FNTAwNzM2&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/undocumented-immigrant-not-allowed-to-buy-health-insurance-through-marketplace/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/undocumented-immigrant-not-allowed-to-buy-health-insurance-through-marketplace/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/undocumented-immigrant-not-allowed-to-buy-health-insurance-through-marketplace/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a <a target="_blank" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=500736&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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