- President Joe Biden is reportedly set to expand the health plans available to hundreds of thousands of people who illegally immigrated to the United States as children.
- Biden’s decision will allow participants in the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program to access government-funded health insurance programs such as Medicaid and Obamacare’s health insurance exchanges, officials reportedly told the Associated Press. A formal announcement is expected on Thursday.
- DACA was announced in 2012 and allows participants to work legally. However, recipients don’t have full legal status and are denied access to multiple government benefits given to citizens.