Repeal the Hyde Amendment and expand immigrant health coverage

Jayapal supported repealing the Hyde Amendment and reducing barriers to health care for immigrants. The recommendations included removing the five-year Medicaid and CHIP eligibility bar for green card holders.

Context: These were recommendations agreed to by the Biden campaign, not enacted changes.

In their own words

lifting the five-year bar on Medicaid and CHIP eligibility for green card holders

The source

/news/2020/7/8/biden-sanders-joint-health-care-task-force ↗

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