NEW YORK — R. Ng and his wife, both from the Philippines, have overstayed their visas since 2003. They have a nine-year-old son who is a US-born citizen. As the nation prepares for the new healthcare system under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Ngs have found themselves in an immigration and healthcare bind: how do they enroll their child in a healthcare exchange without disclosing their immigration status? "That would not be an easy thing to do," said Ng, who is ethnic Chinese. "That's scary, actually." It's a dilemma faced by thousands of mixed-immigration-status families like the Ngs here and around the country. Afraid of comin...
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