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alp227

(31,961 posts)
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 05:11 PM Oct 2014

HealthCare.gov's EZ form not for legal immigrants

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — HealthCare.gov's simpler online application is being touted as a big win for consumers. But it can't be used by legal immigrants and naturalized U.S. citizens, who represent millions of potential new health insurance customers.

That's prompting worries that many Hispanics and Asians will end up in long enrollment queues when the second sign-up season for coverage under President Barack Obama's health care law gets underway next month.

The administration says immigrants are not being overlooked, and points to other improvements in the application process. Officials say what they can do is limited by the law's requirements.

Advocates aren't buying that explanation.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/261811ce06484cfc8b706d698a8201fa/healthcaregovs-ez-form-not-legal-immigrants

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HealthCare.gov's EZ form not for legal immigrants (Original Post) alp227 Oct 2014 OP
What possible excuse could there be to deny any citizen of the USA Bandit Oct 2014 #1
It's not access to healthcare but access to an online form, which makes it even more stupid. Mass Oct 2014 #2
It probably has to do with system lookups for naturalized citizens BumRushDaShow Oct 2014 #3

Bandit

(21,475 posts)
1. What possible excuse could there be to deny any citizen of the USA
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 06:10 PM
Oct 2014

It doesn't matter if they are naturalized or born into it, they are still US citizens....I could understand the reluctance to give immigrants access to healthcare. I certainly don't agree but I can understand the thought process. I can not understand at all denying a US citizen.. PERIOD

BumRushDaShow

(127,301 posts)
3. It probably has to do with system lookups for naturalized citizens
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 06:58 PM
Oct 2014

If someone is born in the U.S. and/or to at least one U.S. citizen, then they are automatically a citizen. But if the person was naturalized as a citizen, then that needs to be verified, obviously through some ICE (or other) database that Healthcare.gov needs to connect to, and that would be an extra step that can be skipped by regular citizens (speeding up the application process).

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