Immigrants and the Affordable Care Act

Under the Affordable Care Act, undocumented immigrants and lawful immigrants who have lived in the U.S. for less than five years are excluded from new coverage opportunities, including state health insurance exchanges and Medicaid expansions.

A recent report by the UC-Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research on California residents who will remain uninsured after the ACA takes effect found that:
•66% of the remaining uninsured will be Latino;
•60% of the remaining uninsured will have limited English proficiency; and
•62% of the remaining uninsured will live in Southern California.

So what are we going to do about this?  There are some small organizations and groups looking at this and trying to find solutions for this population.  The people in this group are not just going to disappear in 2014 when most of the mandates in the law are implemented.  Our State and Federal Governments are not addressing this at all.  If you live in Southern California you should be extra concerned.  We will have the potential for a humanitarian crisis on our hands.

If you are concerned about this or about anything else relating to health or life insurance please feel free to call us at (888)800-5855 or find us on the web at www.ansainsuranceservices.com .