Rep. Castro and Over 90 Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Extend ACA Benefits to DACA Recipients

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Congressman Joaquin Castro and 93 House Members sent a letter to President Biden and the Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services urging them to expand ACA benefits to DACA recipients. Specifically, the letter asks HHS to repeal it's rule excluding DACA recipients from the definition of lawfully present, a definition that DACA recipients qualify for in many other federal programs, and to do so within the first 100 days of the administration.

"There are over 200,000 DACA recipients who are currently working as essential workers on the frontline of the pandemic, but who remain excluded from the most basic of health care protections under the Affordable Care Act", said Congressman Joaquin Castro. "In the midst of a deadly pandemic, we need to do everything possible to extend health care for all. I am proud that this letter gathered such strong support in the House of Representatives, and I look forward to working with the Biden-Harris administration to build on the ACA and expand health care coverage.

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