Earlier this week, the Trump administration revealed its long-anticipated final “public charge” rule, a policy change that effectively would punish legal immigrants who use their Medicaid coverage to help pay for nonemergency medical care. A posting on the website of the Commonwealth Fund comments on the rule.
The posting can be obtained at https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2019/new-public-charge-rule-affecting-immigrants-has-major-implications-medicaid-and-entire?redirect_source=/blog/2018/new-public-charge-rule-affecting-immigrants-has-major-implications-medicaid.