I am not a fan.

The Biden administration has approved an application by Washington state to expand health insurance access for all residents regardless of immigration status by allowing it to forgo requirements set by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Treasury Department approved Washington’s application for a State Innovation Waiver, issued under Section 1332 of the ACA. The application for this waiver was submitted in May.

What is a 1332 waiver?

A state may apply for a 1332 request if it wishes to pursue “innovative strategies” for providing affordable health care while still retaining protections offered through the ACA.

The HHS secretary may approve a 1332 waiver request if they determine that the proposed plan will provide coverage that is at least as comprehensive as coverage provided without the waiver, which the Washington state plan was found to do.

The Evergreen State’s exception

Washington state specifically sought to be granted an exception from a part of the ACA that excluded people living in the U.S. illegally from being eligible for qualified health plans, which are plans certified by the federal government that meet requirements set by the ACA.

According to the two departments, this waiver will expand access to qualified health plans, stand-alone qualified dental plans and a state affordability program to Washington residents regardless of their immigration status.

“The waiver will help Washington work towards its goals of improving health equity and reducing racial disparities by expanding access to coverage for the uninsured population through the state Exchange, all the while not increasing costs for those currently enrolled,” the departments said in a statement.

The approval of this waiver is contingent on the state accepting specific terms and conditions. If these requirements are agreed on, then the waiver will go into effect from the beginning of 2024 to the end of 2028.

While the newly approved waiver will not go into effect next year, the White House noted in its approval that Washington state had allocated fiscal 2023 funds for a state subsidy program called Cascade Care Savings. The program offers premium subsidies to residents who get plans through Washington Healthplanfinder and make up to 250 percent of the federal poverty level.

For 2023, $50 million was allocated for this program. With the approval of this waiver, an additional $5 million will become available for these subsidies beginning the following year.

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Roughly 20 other states have applied for and received approval of ACA Section 1332 waivers, including Alaska, Georgia, New Hampshire, Minnesota and Pennsylvania. In cases where applications were not approved, the agencies often determined that they were incomplete.

In a similar move to Washington state’s, Colorado expanded affordable health care coverage to include people living in the U.S. illegally. While Colorado has received approval for its own ACA waivers, this expansion to include residents regardless of immigration status was done through the state’s own programs and did not include federal coverage.


link: hehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3771724-biden-administration-approves-washington-state-request-to-offer-health-insu

It’s never too early to buy votes for the next election. Anyone that thinks these invaders won’t vote for baby killing, sex change supporting democRAT trash is fooling themselves. If actual Americans don’t rally against this now, we may never see another conservative president. Washington will only be the start.

The hospitals are already understaffed and overworked.
Brilliant idea, gonna work splendidly.
I'm sure the people that pay a hefty bill for insurance already won't mind a bit.

And for that luxury you get to sit and wait a few hours with your head split open waiting your turn next to the guy with his foot pointed the wrong way.

To be clear, Obamacare health plans are subsidized by tax payers. A person with low documented income pays nothing.

Consider your typical plan you might have that costs something around $1100 per month for a family. Plus out of pocket and deductibles.

Subsidies paid by taxes bring this to or near zero for low income people.

Illegals likely are lower income, and likely don't file taxes, so they have no documented income and contribute nothing to taxes.

FJB…

Of course he did. Why not give away things to outsiders who have given nothing/contributed to anything in our country and keep our fellow Americans paying insane insurance costs? Sounds about right

It really doesn't matter.

While waiting in the emergency room, I would say a good percentage of people when asked for ID said they didn't have one.

The receptionist/triage person said ok and just kept going.

They are just passing the cost from the state to the fed faster.

Either way, the fed is picking up the tab.

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Originally posted by sig2392:

...Either way, the fed is picking up the tab.

And where does that money come from?

We all know the answer.