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Washington:  US President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation that bars legal immigrants who have no health coverage or cannot prove that they can pay for healthcare costs within 30 days of their arrival in the country.
Proclamation to come into effect from Nov 3 The proclamation is set to come into effect from November 3 onwards, Efe news reported.
According to the report published in Hindustan Times , Doug Rand, an Obama White House immigration official, said that Trump’s new rule may impact around 23000 Indians What President says in proclamation? “While our healthcare system grapples with the challenges caused by uncompensated care, the US government is making the problem worse by admitting thousands of aliens who have not demonstrated any ability to pay for their healthcare costs,” the President said in the proclamation.
The order said the move was to protect “the American taxpayer from the burdens of uncompensated care”.
“An alien will financially burden the US healthcare system unless the alien will be covered by approved health insurance.”

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