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Immigrants: A Case Study

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presented for verification when one is applying for state exchanges programs, the health cover premium tax credits and for the Medicaid or the CHIP programs. Immigration status is required in order to determine eligibility criteria a given immigrant (NILC, 2014).
The role of ACA legislation was to include immigrants in healthcare cover, since immigrant contributes to the nation’s overall state of health. California is one of the states which have incorporated immigrants into the ACA and its Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance (CHIP).Since 1996 immigrants who had not stayed for more than 5 years were not eligible for healthcare benefits. California, in so far, have allowed the inclusion of legal immigrants, below 5 years of residence,
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