External Resource

One in Seven Adults in Immigrant Families Reported Avoiding Public Benefit Programs in 2018

In this brief, the Urban Institute uses data from the December 2018 Well-Being and Basic Needs Survey to provide the first systematic documentation of the number of immigrant families avoiding public benefit programs due to fear of the pending public charge rule.
CHCF Blog

Proposed Public Charge Rule Would Hurt Californians

November 27, 2018
Sandra R. Hernández
Insurance Coverage
Federal officials recently proposed changes to the public charge rule for immigrants. The California Health Care Foundation's CEO shares key points from the public comment she filed with the federal government to explain how the rule would take the health care system backward — especially in California.
External Resource

How Would Proposed Changes to the “Public Charge” Rule Affect Your Region?

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and Education estimates, for each California region and county, how changes to the “public charge” test could impact enrollment in Medi-Cal and/or CalFresh, jobs, economic output, and tax revenue. Use this PDF to see how your area could be affected.
Publication

Comments on Proposed Regulation — Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds

November 2018
Sandra R. Hernández
Medi-Cal
CHCF submitted this letter to express our strong opposition to the Department of Homeland Security's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("proposed rule") on "public charge," published in the Federal Register on October 10, 2018.
Publication

Select Comments Opposing Proposed Public Charge Regulation

April 2019
Medi-Cal, Insurance Coverage
A compilation of organizational statements and official comments submitted to the Department of Homeland Security by health care organizations and philanthropies in opposition to the Trump administration's proposed changes to the public charge rule.
CHCF Blog

Public Charge Rule Could Prompt Up to 455,000 California Kids Who Need Care to Leave Medi-Cal

November 15, 2018
Leah Zallman, Karen Finnegan
Medi-Cal
New research from the Institute for Community Health estimates that the Trump administration’s proposed changes to the public charge rule could prompt up to 455,000 California children in need of medical attention to leave Medi-Cal.
Publication

Changing Public Charge Immigration Rules: The Potential Impact on Children Who Need Care

October 2018
Leah Zallman, Karen Finnegan
Insurance Coverage
This issue brief explores how a proposed change to public charge laws and their impact on immigration could affect children with medical needs.
CHCF Blog

Immigrants and the New Proposed “Public Charge” Rule

October 2, 2018
Billy Wynne, Dawn Joyce
Medi-Cal
The Department of Homeland Security has released highly anticipated proposed changes to "public charge" rules that could disqualify many immigrants from gaining permanent residency in the US. Our Washington, DC, experts explain what the proposals mean.
CHCF Blog

“Public Charge” Rule Would Disrupt Safety-Net Access for Some Immigrants

June 5, 2018
Billy Wynne, Dawn Joyce
ACA/Health Reform, Insurance Coverage
The Trump administration signaled plans to make it harder for immigrants to enter the country and to reduce access to a broad range of health and human service safety net programs for immigrants already living here, including US citizen children.
External Resource

Proposed Federal Rule on Immigrants and Public Charge Fact Sheet

This fact sheet from the Insure the Uninsured Project briefly describes existing federal law on public charge and health care programs, the proposed changes, and the impact on immigrants’ access to health care programs in California.