Medicaid ends access for 5,000 immigrants in Minnesota | MPR News - 非凡娱乐官网

Immigrants are already less likely than U.S. citizens to have health insurance. Immigrant advocates and health policy experts say these changes could worsen the existing disparities in health coverage among noncitizen communities.

Eberhard said she worries the rule change could lead people to skip medical appointments. [...] Copy link

Starting Thursday, more than 5,000 immigrants in Minnesota will lose access to federally funded Medicaid health coverage following changes enacted in a sweeping tax and spending bill signed into law in July by President Donald Trump.

The law ends Medicaid eligibility for many immigrants with legal status who do not yet have green cards, including refugees and asylum seekers. It affects hundreds of thousands of immigrants across the country. [...] “The Trump Administration has a public mandate, a statutory obligation, and a moral duty to safeguard our federal healthcare programs,” said Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz in a statement announcing guidance on Medicaid changes.