The Senate bill would make it impossible for some immigrants to get health insurance

“The Senate’s healthcare bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act — a new version of which was released Thursday, in an attempt to assuage some Republican members’ concerns — would probably make health insurance unaffordable for many Americans if it became law. But for some legal immigrants, it would make health insurance impossible to buy, period. The Senate bill targets certain legal immigrants (including work and student visa holders, and people currently applying for green cards) who aren’t eligible for most public benefits programs but who are included in the Affordable Care Act. Like its counterpart in the House, the American Health Care Act, the Senate bill keeps those immigrants from being able to get tax subsidies to offset the cost of purchasing insurance.”