From november 1, 2024
to January 15, 2025:
DACA Can Now Apply for
ACA Health Care!
Are you a friend or ally of someone that has DACA status? Our goal is to help the over 100k eligible DACA applicants get low to no-cost subsidized health insurance for the first time. This page is for the applicant to opt-in. Feel free to share www.dacahealth.com to those you know are looking to get covered!
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How You Qualify
May 2nd, 2024 the Center for Medicaid Studies (CMS) released a press release that said this, "DACA recipients will no longer be excluded from eligibility to enroll in a Qualified Health Plan (QHP) through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace." A couple of key facts:
DACA recipients and other newly eligible individuals will qualify for a special enrollment period to select a health plan through the Marketplace during the 60 days following the rule’s November 1, 2024, effective date. This timing also corresponds with the 2025 Open Enrollment Period,
CMS also made technical modifications to the definition of “lawfully present” used to determine eligibility for coverage through a Marketplace or a BHP to promote administrative efficiency, clarity, and transparency.
2024-09661 (89 FR 39392) - Federal Register Rule Change outlines these new rules.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What identification do I need?
This is the official list from CMS:
Permanent Resident Card, “Green Card” (I-551)
Reentry Permit (I-327)
Refugee Travel Document (I-571)
Employment Authorization Document (I-766)
Machine Readable Immigrant Visa (with temporary I-551 language)
Temporary I-551 Stamp (on passport or I-94/I-94A)
Arrival/Departure Record (I-94/I-94A)
Arrival/Departure Record in foreign passport (I-94)
Foreign Passport
Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant Student Status (I-20)
Certificate of Eligibility for Exchange Visitor Status (DS-2019)
Notice of Action (I-797)
Document indicating membership in a federally recognized Indian tribe or American Indian born in Canada
Certification from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)
Document indicating withholding of removal
Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) eligibility letter (if under 18)
Alien number (also called alien registration number or USCIS number) or I-94 number
USCIS Acknowledgement of Receipt (I-797C)
Immigration Status to Qualify for the Marketplace
**DACA is now an approved immigration status
Other Statuses that Qualify You:
Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR/Green Card holder)
Asylee
Refugee
Cuban/Haitian Entrant
Paroled into the U.S.
Conditional Entrant Granted before 1980
Battered Spouse, Child and Parent
Victim of Trafficking and his/her Spouse, Child, Sibling or Parent
Granted Withholding of Deportation or Withholding of Removal, under the immigration laws or under the Convention against Torture (CAT)
Individual with Non-immigrant Status, includes worker visas (such as H1, H-2A, H-2B), student visas, U-visa, T-visa, and other visas, and citizens of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and PalauTemporary Protected Status (TPS)
Deferred Enforced Departure (DED)
Lawful Temporary Resident
Administrative order staying removal issued by the Department of Homeland Security
Member of a federally-recognized Indian tribe or American Indian born in Canada
I am in the process of applying for DACA. Can I still apply?
If you expect to receive your application back during open enrollment, please apply on our survey below. Since the rule is relatively new, you must have identification information ready to supply to CMS to qualify and be enrolled.
I pay for insurance already. Why would I want to switch from my employer plan?
All group employer plans must offer the Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC). This standard is the same for plans in the federal marketplace. But not all insurance offered by employers is deemed affordable by federal standards. If the cost of your insurance exceeds 9.02% of your pay then you can apply for ACA coverage.
Can I apply outside of Open Enrollment (Nov 1 - Jan 15)?
Yes you can always apply! Outside of open enrollment you will need to qualify for a Special Enrollment Period (SEP). We will provide you a survey of questions to check your eligibility and if you qualify you have 30 days to supply documentation to CMS.
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