By Dan Goldberg
The Trump administration’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action
for Childhood Arrivals program could strip thousands of New Yorkers of
their health insurance, a consequence unique to New York that could
focus the debate in Albany when the Legislature returns in January.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced
Tuesday that the Obama-era program, which granted legal status to
approximately 800,000 children brought to the United States by their
parents, would begin to unwind in six months.
That provides Congress a brief window to solve one of the nation's
most divisive issues. Should Congress fail, New York could face its own
difficult choice: whether to continue providing Medicaid to the DACA
population.
There are approximately 42,000 DACA recipients in New York. The vast
majority are at risk for losing their job-based health insurance if they
lose their legal right to work. The Department of Health could not say
how many DACA recipients currently rely on Medicaid but estimates are
between 5,000 and 10,000.
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