Abstract I find that the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which conferred protection from deportation and work authorization to undocumented immigrants who had been brought to the U.S. as children, increased eligible immigrants’ likelihood of having health insurance coverage. Exploiting a cutoff rule in the eligibility criteria of DACA, I implement a difference-in-regression-discontinuities design. The insured rate increased by up to 4.3 percentage points more for DACA-eligible immigrants than for ineligible immigrants following DACA. Two-thirds of this increase is accounted for by upticks in employer-sponsored and privately purchased insurance. The findings are also consistent with immigrants becoming less averse to approach health institutions, and taking up medical financial assistance at a higher rate.

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移民救济和保险范围：来自儿童抵达延期行动的证据

摘要 我发现 2012 年儿童入境暂缓遣返 (DACA) 计划为儿童时期被带到美国的无证移民提供免遭驱逐出境保护和工作许可，增加了符合条件的移民获得医疗保险的可能性。利用 DACA 资格标准中的截止规则，我实施了差异回归不连续性设计。符合 DACA 资格的移民的保险费率比遵循 DACA 的不符合条件的移民高 4.3 个百分点。这一增长的三分之二是由雇主赞助和私人购买的保险增加所致。调查结果还表明，移民越来越不愿意接触医疗机构，并以更高的速度接受医疗财政援助。