Hospitals, Insurers And Other Health Groups Find Common Ground Criticizing Proposed ‘Public Charge’ Policy

Hundreds of thousands of public opinions poured in about the policy during the open comment period, which closed Monday. The "public charge" rule would allow federal immigration officials to consider legal immigrants' use of Medicaid, nutrition, housing and other programs as a strongly negative factor in their applications for legal permanent residency. Many health groups wrote in to say the policy would take both a financial and public health toll on vulnerable populations.

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