WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Biden Thursday announced that the 600,000 DACA dreamers illegally present in the Untied States would now have access to healthcare while 22 veterans a day commit suicide and 1.3 million veterans have no healthcare.
President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that his administration plans to expand health care coverage to young adults who in the U.S. illegally and have been in the U.S. since they were children and are working or studying under the DACA program.
Under Biden’s plan, DACA recipients, also known as Dreamers, would be able to enroll in a health plan through the Affordable Care Act or Medicaid.
"Today's announcement is about giving DACA recipients the same opportunities," Biden said in a video statement posted on Twitter."We'll continue doing what we can to protect Dreamers."
DACA, or the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, was first implemented in 2012 as an executive order under President Barack Obama and allowed eligible young adults who came to the U.S. illegally to work and study without fear of deportation.
The Department of Health and Human Services is expected to propose a rule expanding the definition of “lawful presence” to include DACA recipients, for purposes of Medicaid and Affordable Care Act coverage, according to the White House.
The Biden administration expects to get this done by the end of April.
If finalized, it would be the first time DACA recipients are eligible for these health care programs.
DACA recipients would be able to apply for coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace, where they may qualify for financial assistance based on income, and through their state Medicaid agency, according to the White House.
More than 600,000 DACA recipients live in the U.S. An overwhelming majority were born in Mexico and other Latin American countries.
No word from the Whitehouse about the 1.3 million uninsured veterans, 22 of whom commit suicide everyday.
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Nothing to see here except the Biden administration literally spitting in veterans faces on the daily. And to think people like Expat voted for this piece of shit. Unbelievable
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PermalinkHere's to Wayne LaPierre and his doltish followers...
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PermalinkSorry but we won't look over there to be distracted. We're focusing on the current idiot in charge Joe BIDUMB. GO HOME if you have one.
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Permalinkbiden's plan... well maybe not biden's, you need a functioning brain to make a plan. Let in as many illegal aliens as possible and make sure they are grateful to the democrats. Then before the elections, by whatever means necessary give them the right to vote and they could care less about our veterans or anyone else.
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PermalinkYeah, this has nothing to be with the subject, which has generated a whole pile of nonsense, and is non political at all. It is simply an indication of how enormously stupid some people can be. I find it amusing and sad at the same time.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/17/us/tennessee-air-national-guardsman-hitman-online-application/index.html
Peace.
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PermalinkQuestion:
Can the veterans not buy their own healthcare plan the same way?
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PermalinkAfter serving our country and being shot, mamed, shamed and some even lose their minds, they are owed by the federal government a health care plan for LIFE for FREE
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PermalinkWell said!!!
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PermalinkCan you show me the legislation that republicans have put forth to give veterans healthcare?
And do they not get medicare?
Sorry, just trying to understand.
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