罗得岛州约9000名合法移民10月1日起失去医疗补助覆盖
罗得岛州普罗维登斯讯——自2026年10月1日起，罗得岛州约9000名非美国公民将失去医疗补助计划（Medicaid）的覆盖。这是2025年7月通过的联邦预算法案中医疗补助资格新规生效的结果：此前符合资格的许多合法居留移民，包括部分难民、无绿卡的庇护者以及特定签证身份持有者，将不再符合联邦医疗补助资格。无证移民本来就不符合资格。
布朗大学公共卫生学院卫生政策教授艾琳·富斯·布朗（Erin Fuse Brown）指出，受影响的是此前合法享有医疗补助的非公民群体，包括难民、庇护者以及家暴或人口贩运受害者等。罗得岛州行政与卫生部门8月已在官网发布指引，明确10月1日后仍符合资格的群体包括19岁以下儿童、孕产妇、已过五年等待期的绿卡持有者、古巴/海地入境者及密克罗尼西亚、马绍尔群岛和帕劳三国公民。
当地医疗界预计，明年还会有更多罗得岛人因新的工作要求失去医疗补助。当地安全网医疗机构正在评估能否承接新增的数万无保险人群。
州政府提醒受影响居民，可通过“Stay Covered RI”网站查询替代参保渠道。
（据 Ocean State Media、普罗维登斯日报报道）
About 9,000 Non-Citizens in Rhode Island Lose Medicaid Coverage on Oct. 1 Under New Federal Rules
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Starting October 1, 2026, about 9,000 non-U.S. citizens in Rhode Island will lose Medicaid coverage under new federal eligibility rules in the budget law passed in July 2025. Many lawfully present immigrants who previously qualified — including some refugees, asylees without green cards and holders of certain visa statuses — will no longer be eligible for federally funded Medicaid. Undocumented immigrants were already ineligible.
Erin Fuse Brown, a professor of health policy at the Brown University School of Public Health, noted those affected are non-citizens who were previously eligible for Medicaid, including refugees, asylees and victims of domestic abuse or trafficking. The state Executive Office of Health and Human Services posted guidance in August clarifying who remains eligible after Oct. 1: children under 19, pregnant and postpartum people, green card holders who meet or are exempt from the five-year wait, Cuban/Haitian entrants, and citizens of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau.
Local health care professionals expect even more Rhode Islanders to lose Medicaid next year because of new work requirements, and safety-net providers are assessing whether they can absorb tens of thousands of newly uninsured people.
The state advises affected residents to explore alternative coverage options through the "Stay Covered RI" website.
(According to Ocean State Media and The Providence Journal.)
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