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The White House on Friday issued a proclamation that, as of November 3, those applying for visas for the U.S. must be able to prove they have coverage by “approved health insurance” or have the financial means to pay for “reasonable foreseeable medical costs,” reports The New York Times.
The new ruling is set to take effect next month. Trump said he decided to focus on health insurance because legal immigrants are three times as likely to be uninsured than American citizens, citing a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Although the study is focused on undocumented immigrants, the Trump administration apparently seems to think the results can be extrapolated to the situations of documented immigrants.