According to HealthCare.gov, external, only US citizens, US nationals and “lawfully present immigrants” are eligible for coverage.
“Under longstanding policy, undocumented immigrants are not eligible to enrol in any federally-funded health coverage programs including Medicaid, CHIP, or Medicare, or to purchase coverage through the ACA Marketplaces”, Drishti Pillai, KFF’s Director of Immigrant Health Policy told us.
They can receive emergency Medicaid, though, under a law passed in 1986.
“Hospitals can get federal Medicaid funding to reimburse them for emergency services they are required to provide to low-income individuals, regardless of immigration status, which includes undocumented people,” Mr Cuello told us.
“Emergency Medicaid is very temporary coverage for the emergency services, often just one service on one day, not ongoing health insurance enrolment like a US citizen gets,” he added.