Biden lifted Trump's ban and allowed immigrants to enter the United States without health insurance
On Friday, May 14, US President Joe Biden lifted Donald Trump's travel ban on immigrants who could not prove they had health insurance or the financial means to pay medical bills. Writes about it Boundless.
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“My administration is committed to expanding access to quality, affordable health care,” Biden said. “However, we can achieve this goal without denying entry to noncitizens who seek to immigrate to this country legally but do not have significant financial resources or have not purchased health insurance from a limited list of eligible plans.”
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The health insurance requirement was part of the Trump administration's efforts to curb legal immigration and could cut the number of immigrants entering the country legally by 65% if it withstood multiple court proceedings.
The rule required people applying for a green card from outside the United States to prove that they would purchase health insurance within 30 days of arriving in the United States, or that they have sufficient financial resources to pay for any potential medical services. ...
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The Trump administration said the rule was necessary to prevent funding of uninsured immigrants from the publicly funded health care system, which would increase medical costs for Americans by $ 35 billion. US health care.
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