With over 320 million people in the United States, approximately 3.75 percent of the population is unauthorized immigrants, …show more content…
In addition to coverage of necessary medical care, many states populated with undocumented immigrants offer a variety of free health clinics to cover for nonemergency care with disregard to immigration status. Also, with a steady decline of illegal immigration, the funds allocated by Medicaid are sufficient enough to keep undocumented immigrants excluded from the ACA. Therefore it is vital to keep the current law of not including the undocumented population to safeguard the economic status of the country, promote the utilization of available free clinics and ensure adequate coverage of the population that the ACA was originally intended …show more content…
The Affordable Care Act is designed to, first and foremost, assist the low-income lawful residents first. It is also true that the uninsured will experience serious financial consequences as well, which is why the ACA holds promise to the lawful residents who will gain access to health insurance coverage. This is the very reason why the undocumented population must be vigilant to preventative healthcare, utilizing free healthcare clinics in order to alleviate changes of serious illness and suffer