CHA Statement on Final Public Charge Rule
Aug. 12, 2019 — CHA is extremely disappointed that the Administration has finalized a "public charge" rule that will punish legal immigrants for receiving Medicaid and other vital assistance when they seek to change their status. As CHA stated when the rule was first proposed, and as our own studies have shown, the rule will have a devastating impact on legal immigrants and their families as well as those providing care to them.
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