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    Trump Distorts New Regulation Extending ‘Obamacare’ to DACA Recipients

    by D'Angelo Gore May 21, 2024 4 minutes

    Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino.

    A new Biden administration rule will make recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals eligible to obtain health insurance plans established by the Affordable Care Act. But former President Donald Trump has mischaracterized the regulation, claiming that it is “giving Obamacare and all free government health care to illegal aliens.”

    DACA is a program created by the Obama administration to defer deporting certain individuals who were brought to the United States illegally as children years ago. They are often called “Dreamers,” a reference to legislation that never became law.

    The , announced May 3, defines DACA recipients as “lawfully present” in the U.S. for the purpose of enrolling through the ACA health insurance exchanges, or an insurance plan through a state-run . The exchanges and basic health programs are for people who have to get their own insurance. For those who choose to buy a health plan on the exchanges, they also that would lower the cost of that private insurance.

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