Covered California offers resources for DACA recipients no longer eligible for care

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(FOX 5/KUSI) — More than 2,300 recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program across California — including in San Diego — will lose their health insurance through Covered California at the end of August following a recent federal rule change.

According to a statement issued Thursday by Covered California officials, the state’s health insurance marketplace, the coverage termination stems from a new regulation by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)…

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