{"id":1774439,"date":"2022-12-14T06:07:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T11:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1774439"},"modified":"2022-12-14T06:34:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T11:34:04","slug":"hhs-approves-washington-state-request-to-offer-health-insurance-to-illegals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hhs-approves-washington-state-request-to-offer-health-insurance-to-illegals\/","title":{"rendered":"HHS Approves Washington State Request to Offer Health Insurance to Illegals"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhhs-approves-washington-state-request-to-offer-health-insurance-to-illegals%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1774439&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration<\/a> will allow Washington state to provide health insurance to illegal immigrants within its borders by rolling back requirements for the Affordable Care Act (ACA).<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The Department of the Treasury and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/health-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Health and Human Services<\/a> (HHS) approved the state&#8217;s request via a State Innovation Waiver, which was requested by Washington&#8217;s government in May.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/wa-gov-inslees-equity-summit-tells-state-agencies-objectivity-individualism-rooted-white-supremacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WA GOV. INSLEE&#8217;S EQUITY SUMMIT TELLS STATE AGENCIES &#8216;OBJECTIVITY,&#8217; &#8216;INDIVIDUALISM&#8217; ROOTED IN &#8216;WHITE SUPREMACY&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1241590103.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Xavier Becerra, secretary of Health and Human Services, speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, June 28, 2022.\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Xavier Becerra, secretary of Health and Human Services, speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, June 28, 2022.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Amanda Andrade-Rhoades\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Washington has requested a waiver in order to expand access to qualified health plans, stand-alone qualified dental plans, and a state affordability program to Washington residents regardless of immigration status,&#8221; HHS and Treasury said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n<p>The statement continued, &#8220;The waiver will help Washington work towards its goals of improving health equity and reducing racial disparities by expanding access to coverage for the uninsured population through the state Exchange, all the while not increasing costs for those currently enrolled.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/border-officials-seeing-massive-migrant-numbers-large-groups-ahead-title-42s-end\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BORDER OFFICIALS SEEING MASSIVE MIGRANT NUMBERS, LARGE GROUPS AHEAD OF TITLE 42&#8217;S END<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/640\/320\/AP20348781659672.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"The U.S. Treasury Department building viewed from the Washington Monument, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Washington.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      The U.S. Treasury Department building viewed from the Washington Monument, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Washington.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky, File)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The ACA&#8217;s normal regulations explicitly exclude <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">non-citizens<\/a> living in the U.S. illegally from collecting the benefits of the program.<\/p>\n<p>Washington&#8217;s successful campaign to expand coverage to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/immigration\/illegal-immigrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">illegal immigrants<\/a> is the first of its kind since the ACA was introduced.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/texas-launches-task-force-k9s-drones-stop-illegal-immigrant-gotaways-spike-numbers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>TEXAS LAUNCHES TASK FORCE WITH K9S, DRONES TO STOP ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT \u2018GOTAWAYS\u2019 AMID SPIKE IN NUMBERS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>State Innovation Waivers are granted under the supervision of the HHS and Treasury for states seeking to modify existing ACA regulations to suit their specific needs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1160793925.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Washington State Capitol\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Washington State Capitol<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Dan Mihai\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) permits a state to apply for a State Innovation Waiver (also referred to as section 1332 waiver)\u00a0to pursue innovative strategies for providing residents with access to high quality, affordable health insurance while retaining the basic protections of the ACA,&#8221; according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/cciio\/programs-and-initiatives\/state-innovation-waivers\/section_1332_state_innovation_waivers-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In their statement, the departments said that the approved modification of Washington&#8217;s ACA, contingent upon the state accepting &#8220;specific terms and conditions,&#8221; would be valid from 2024 through 2028.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Timothy Nerozzi is a writer for Fox News Digital. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and can email him at timothy.nerozzi@fox.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration will allow Washington state to provide health insurance to illegal immigrants within its borders by rolling back requirements for the Affordable Care Act (ACA).The Department of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1774442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[4255,5458,4964,8235,6325,8322,4028,3819,4451,4086],"class_list":["post-1774439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-approves","tag-bongino","tag-health","tag-hhs","tag-illegals","tag-insurance","tag-offer","tag-report","tag-request","tag-washington"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1774439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1774439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1774439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1774442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1774439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1774439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1774439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}