I’m a Legal Immigrant. Can I get Health Insurance?
March 26, 2021
Individual & Family Health Insurance
The short answer is, yes. If you have the following statuses, you may even qualify for assistance towards your health insurance.
Immigrants with the following statuses qualify to use the Marketplace:
Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR/Green Card holder)
Asylee
Refugee
Cuban/Haitian Entrant
Paroled into the U.S.
Conditional Entrant Granted before 1980
Battered Spouse, Child and Parent
Victim of Trafficking and his/her Spouse, Child, Sibling or Parent
Granted Withholding of Deportation or Withholding of Removal, under the immigration laws or under the Convention against Torture (CAT)
Individual with Non-immigrant Status, includes worker visas (such as H1, H-2A, H-2B), student visas, U-visa, T-visa, and other visas, and citizens of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau
Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
Deferred Enforced Departure (DED)
Deferred Action Status (Exception: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is not an eligible immigration status for applying for health insurance)
Lawful Temporary Resident
Administrative order staying removal issued by the Department of Homeland Security
Member of a federally-recognized Indian tribe or American Indian Born in Canada
Resident of American Samoa
To speak to a qualified marketplace representative, please call (312) 500-4090
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