New Health Insurance Policy Rule by Trump’s Administration Still Subject to Lots of Questions
Reuters

When a native from Guatemala, Mayra Lopez had received his United States citizenship in more or less 10 years ago, she thought that she is already free from the future problems she will be facing regarding his right to bring her parents to the United States of America so that they can live with her.

When President Donald Trump had signed a new law on October 4, her plans and dreams were compromised. The new health insurance policy rule had stated that soon-to-be immigrants should first prove to the United States of America's officials that they will acquire a United States Health Insurance within thirty days upon their arrival to the country or they should show proof of their capacity to pay for medical expenses due to reasonable and foreseeable causes.

This new health insurance policy rule signed by the current president of the United States of America will be implemented on November 3, 2019. This law had caused panic to some of the potential immigrants in the United States of America. These future immigrants are conflicted for various reasons on how to comply with the requirement of the newly signed law regarding their healthcare matters once they had the privilege to legally stay in the US.

The Trump administration had given insufficient information regarding the new health insurance policy rule. The details regarding the list of the classifications of insurance plans that would be considered under the new rule are not yet released by President Trump's administration.

According to a statement released by the State Department on October 29, the consular officers will be the ones responsible to ask the applicants for a US immigrant visa to identify their health insurance plan. The details of the insurance plan should include the health insurance coverage starting date and other important information related to the health insurance plan requested by the consular officer.

Mayra Lopes is currently working as a family assistant in California. Her fellow immigrants with families being requested to migrate to the US are given some options by the government.

She had recently accepted a letter containing an appointment of her parent's interview in the United States Embassy in Guatemala.

At the topmost part of the letter contains this statement: "inability to meet this requirement will result in the denial of the visa application."

Upon the receipt of the letter, Mayra Lopez had immediately called her insurance provider, Kaiser Permanente, to see if they can supply the health care insurance requirements for her parents.

The agency had rejected her request because her parents did not possess any United States Social Security Numbers. Even if her parents possess US Social Security Numbers, they will still be burdened to pay a monthly premium of $1,600 for both of their health insurance plans.

After getting the rejection and discouraging information from her own insurance provider, Lopez had looked for hopes in five more health insurance plan companies. In spite of this, she still failed to accomplish her goals of finding the appropriate health insurance provider for her parents which will meet the new immigration policy to be implemented starting November 3 of this year.