A New York federal appeals court last month blocked a federal rule that leading industry advocates warned could hurt immigrant seniors and limit their use of long-term care services.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in January denied the Trump Administration’s request to lift a temporary national injunction on the “Public Charge” rule. A New York district court issued the injunction.
The rule would have allowed the government to base green card decisions on whether that immigrant could later be seen as a financial burden on taxpayers — meaning poor immigrants could be denied if they use government benefit programs, such as Medicaid and food stamps.
LeadingAge was among the providers that submitted comments in opposition of the rule after it was first published in August.
From the February 2020 Issue of McKnight's Long-Term Care News
