More than 100,000 families risk losing health coverage purchased in federal health insurance exchanges after they failed to provide additional verification of immigration or citizenship status. Advocates urge the Obama administration to wait for consumers to clarify their status before ending their coverage. Next week, immigrants face a major deadline. Analysts also comment on the new open enrollment period that begins on November 15, and the efforts to remove enrollment barriers and enroll Latinos in health coverage.
Guests: Mayra Alvarez, Director, State Exchange Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC, www.hhs.gov ; Lizelda López, Spokesperson, CoveredCA, Sacramento, CA, www.coveredca.com ; Alvaro Huerta, Staff Attorney, National Immigration Law Center, Los Angeles, CA, www.nilc.org
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