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Expanding ‘Obamacare’ to Illegal Immigrants Would Cost Billions: Federal Agency

The federal government recently said it would expand access to health care for some illegal immigrants.
Expanding ‘Obamacare’ to Illegal Immigrants Would Cost Billions: Federal Agency
President Joe Biden speaks in Washington on April 10, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
6/24/2024|Updated: 6/24/2024
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Enabling illegal immigrants enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to receive health care under the Affordable Care Act will cost at least $7 billion a year, a federal agency said on June 24.

The Congressional Budget Office, with help from the Joint Committee on Taxation, crunched the numbers at the request of two members of Congress, after the federal government announced in May that it would let DACA recipients receive health coverage under the act, more commonly known as Obamacare.
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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