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With Mom’s Green Card On The Line, Family Forgoes Autism Services For Citizen Child

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A Texas girl needs autism treatment, but her immigrant mother is afraid of turning to Medicaid. As more U.S. children go without health coverage, advocates blame politics of intimidation.

Providers Walk 鈥楩ine Line鈥 Between Informing And Scaring Immigrant Patients

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Some doctors and clinics are proactively informing patients about a proposed policy that could jeopardize the legal status of immigrants who use public benefit programs such as Medicaid. Others argue that because this 鈥減ublic charge鈥 proposal isn鈥檛 final 鈥 and may never be adopted 鈥 disseminating too much information could create unnecessary alarm and cause some patients to drop benefits.

Newsom Comes Out Swinging On Day One For Single-Payer, Immigrant Coverage

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Just hours into his tenure as California鈥檚 new governor, Democrat Gavin Newsom proposed major plans to insure more Californians, including state-funded financial aid for health insurance and a requirement for Californians to have coverage.

Podcast: KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥 Insurance Enrollment Is Lagging 鈥 And There Are Lots Of Reasons Why

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Sign-ups for insurance under the Affordable Care Act are still well behind last year鈥檚 mark with just a week until the end of open enrollment in most states. The Supreme Court declines a case that could have allowed states to defund Planned Parenthood. And the Trump administration gets hundreds of thousands of comments about its proposed changes to immigration rules that could penalize people who use government-funded health care and other social service programs. Alice Ollstein of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and, for 鈥渆xtra credit,鈥 provide their favorite health policy stories of the week.

California鈥檚 Top Lawyer Sees Election Win As Mandate To Sustain Trump Resistance

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Attorney General Xavier Becerra views his resounding Election Day win as a 鈥渃lear signal鈥 from voters to continue his work defending the Affordable Care Act and pushing back against the Trump administration.

Immigrants鈥 Health Premiums Far Exceed What Plans Pay For Their Care

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Immigrants accounted for nearly 13 percent of premiums paid to private plans but only about 9 percent of insurers鈥 expenditures, according to a new study in Health Affairs. The cost of care for the group of native-born customers, however, exceeded their premiums.

Inmigrantes pagan mucho m谩s en seguros de salud de lo que gastan en atenci贸n

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Un estudio publicado hall贸 que los inmigrantes con seguro de salud privados y sus empleadores contribuyeron con casi $25 mil millones m谩s en primas en 2014 de lo que gastaron en atenci贸n m茅dica.

Podcast: KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥 (Almost) Live from Austin!

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In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Alice Ollstein of Politico talk about how health issues will play in midterm elections, the Trump administration鈥檚 move that could penalize legal immigrants who use government aid programs, and other topics. Due to technical difficulties, the original discussion taped Sept. 27 at the 2018 Texas Tribune Festival could not be broadcast, so the panelists reconvened from Austin and Washington on Sept. 28.

5 Things To Know About Trump鈥檚 New 鈥楶ublic Charge鈥 Immigration Proposal

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Trump administration officials say the policy would promote 鈥渋mmigrant self-sufficiency and protect finite resources.鈥 Critics say it could have serious public health consequences.