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It's Friday, August 15th.

The October 1st deadline for when DACA recipients will be ineligible for federal health benefits is quickly approaching.

But as Gustavo Seggero reports in Washington State, people still have options.

The state's health exchange says current customers who have insurance through the state

benefit system don't need to act.

The biggest change those DACA recipients should expect to see is needing to pay more out of

their own pockets for health care.

That's because they won't qualify for federal benefits as of October 1st. They can still continue to buy health

and dental insurance through the state's health exchange program. For DACA recipients who can't

afford health insurance, the state has expanded its own health insurance program to provide Medicaid-like

benefits to people without legal status who are low-income.

That means those DACA recipients could get health insurance that way as well.

The only catch is that program has a wait list of people wanting to apply.

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