Healthcare
Essential information on health insurance requirements for visas, accessing medical services abroad, and healthcare systems in different countries.
Care workers warn 2025 UK visa changes tear families apart
From 22 July 2025 the UK ends new overseas sponsorship for most care workers, raises skill requirements to RQF Level 6, sets a £25,000 transitional salary floor, and blocks new…
Undocumented Emergency Medicaid Comprises Under 1% of State Spending, Study Finds
Emergency Medicaid accounted for 0.4% of Medicaid spending in 2022 and 2023, costing $3.8 billion in FY2023 and…
Trump Health Coverage Reforms Threaten Immigrant Families
The 2025 tax and budget law narrows federally funded Medicaid, CHIP, ACA subsidies, and Medicare to LPRs, certain…
NC Immigrant Health Insurance: Updated Medicaid and Marketplace Rules
North Carolina expanded Medicaid eligibility for eligible immigrants 19–64 under 138% FPL and allowed most lawfully present immigrants…
Federal visa rules threaten physician training; hospitals warn of impacts
A 2025 proposal would limit F and J visas to four years and add a $100,000 H-1B employer…
Ending immigration programs risks healthcare and long-term care
2025 policy changes—state rollbacks plus the WFTCA—restrict health coverage and immigration paths for many non-citizens. Over one million…
Connecticut Undocumented Health Care Spending Near $41M as of 2025
Connecticut spends about $41 million yearly on state-funded coverage for undocumented children and postpartum women, covering 15,600 children…
U.S. Shutdown 2025: Trump’s Threats, Visa Delays, and Student Impacts
A partial shutdown began October 1, 2025, after missed appropriations. Trump’s threats raise chances of a prolonged stoppage,…
H-1B 2026 Lottery: What the $100,000 Fee Means for Employers
From Sept 21, 2025, any new H-1B petition filed must include a $100,000 fee; FY2026 registration and lottery…
ICE releases Ohio hospital chaplain as detention remains unclear
After asylum revocation on June 3, 2025, Ayman Soliman was detained by ICE on July 9 and held…