Trump to require immigrants to get health insurance

By Kimberly Leonard

Published October 4, 2019 11:52pm ET

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Trump to require immigrants to get health insurance — Honduran migrants, one carrying a child, who plan to turn themselves over to U.S. border patrol agents, walk up the embankment after climbing over the U.S. border wall from Playas de Tijuana, Mexico in Tijuana, Mexico, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. The group crossed to apply for asylum. | (Moises Castillo/AP)

The White House announced a proclamation Friday evening that will require immigrants to show they can get health insurance before getting a visa.

Under the measure, which goes into effect Nov. 3, immigrants would need to get health insurance within 30 days of entering the U.S. or would need to show they have enough money to cover medical costs before getting a visa that could lead to a green card.

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