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State Health Care Expansions – A Powerful Tool for Reducing Poverty
Published Sep 23, 2024 Momentum continues for states to expand access to health care coverage and services for their residents, regardless of their immigration status.
FAQ: Section 1557 Regulations Clarify Nondiscrimination Protections and Access to Language Assistance
Published May 3, 2024 This FAQ answers questions about the Biden administration's regulations implementing broad protections from discrimination in health care under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act...
New Policies Strengthen Language Access Protections in Health
Published Apr 30, 2024 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil rights (OCR) has posted its finalized regulation updating Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as the Health Care Rights Law. The final rule...
Improving Access to Medicaid for People with Limited English Proficiency
Published Apr 26, 2024 This resource presents recommendations for both state Medicaid agencies and HHS’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to improve language access for individuals with limited English proficiency to promote participation in and...
On The Path Toward Health for All
Published Dec 11, 2023 At the National Immigration Law Center, we believe that all these paths must converge and lead to the realization of Health for All. With this series of publications, we hope to provide foundational policy support for all working toward this...
Public Charge: What Advocates Need to Know Now
Published Dec 1, 2023 The Biden Administration's public charge regulations took effect on December 23, 2022. Read our report on what advocates need to know about public charge. Originally published December...
What to Know About the Biden Administration’s Proposed Restoration of DACA Recipients’ Access to Affordable Care Act Programs
Published May 5, 2023 The senseless exclusion of immigrants with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) from Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage is finally ending. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a proposed rule that would...
Tracking DACA Recipients’ Access to Health Care
Published Jun 13, 2022 This resource reports on findings from a survey of 1,021 DACA recipients administered by Tom K. Wong of the University of California, San Diego, United We Dream, the National Immigration Law Center, and the Center for American Progress, in...
Increasing the Number of Uninsured Would Hurt Everyone
Published Jul 6, 2017
Five Things You Should Know About the Proposed Executive Order on Public Benefits
Published Feb 15, 2017 A draft executive order titled “Protecting Taxpayer Resources by Ensuring Our Immigration Laws Promote Accountability and Responsibility” has appeared several times in the news media. If signed by the president, the draft order would open a...
NYC Health + Hospitals’ “Open Letter” Sets an Inspiring Example That Could and Should Be Copied Across the Country
Published Jan 4, 2017 Uncertainty about increased immigration enforcement has caused some immigrant and mixed–immigration status families to question whether it is safe to seek health care. Health care providers have reported appointment cancellations and have...
States Reject Immigration Enforcement Measures and Advance Inclusive Policies in 2016
Published Oct 6, 2016 This resource highlights the key victories and challenges faced by the immigrants' rights movement in 2016.
Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
Published Aug 19, 2016 Someone handed me a megaphone, and I took a turn leading the chant, “No contract on America!” It was 1995 or ’96, and my sister and I were among the thousands of demonstrators in San Francisco protesting the “Contract with...
Expanded Medi-Cal for undocumented kids: What it means and how to apply
Published Jul 28, 2016 This summer, California kids have access to more than the state’s famous beaches. Under a new law that took effect this spring, all low-income California residents under age 19 are eligible to receive comprehensive health care through...
Administration’s Cruel and Misguided Decision Not to Extend Parole Program Endangers Families and Communities
Gabrielle Lessard
Published Oct 11, 2024 Despite widely lauding the program’s success, the Biden administration will not extend the two-year period of lawful U.S. presence granted to people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who entered the United States under a program known...