Issue Brief: How the Public Charge Rule Affects Immigrants Receiving Benefits

Authors By Amy Rosenberg, JD, Lecturer on Law & Senior Clinical Instructor, Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School

Date 2019

Keywords Financial Hardship, Health Benefits, Health Equity, Health Inequities, HIV/AIDS, Medicaid/CHIP, Supportive Services, Tools and Guides, US- based

An overview of the Department of Homeland Security’s draft rule on “public charge,” and what it means for immigrants receiving benefits.