Posted on 10/29/2014 2:07:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Two House committees are demanding answers after learning that the Affordable Care Act makes foreign diplomats eligible for health care subsidies.
Obamacare has a loophole that allows foreign diplomats to receive healthcare subsidies, the House Ways and Means and Foreign Affairs Committees revealed Wednesday as they announced a joint investigation.
“According to the Department of Health and Human Services, foreign diplomats holding ‘A’ or ‘G’ visas are eligible to participate in an array of medical programs administered by the federal government, including participation in Health Insurance Marketplaces governed by the Affordable Care Act (ACA),” wrote chairmen Ed Royce and Dave Camp in a letter to to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen.
“The Secretary of Health and Human Services has informed the Committee on Foreign Affairs that, if they meet basic ACA requirements, ‘a foreign diplomat could satisfy the statutory criteria to be eligible for a premium tax credit and cost-sharing reductions.”
Several key pieces of information remain to be discovered: how many diplomats have received these subsidies, if any; and how much this has cost the American government. To this end, the chairmen of the two committees are asking (PDF) the IRS for answers.
“Many Americans would be surprised to learn that their tax dollars may be subsidizing health coverage for foreign diplomats,” wrote Royce and Camp. “We are seeking to determine how many such individuals participate in these programs and the total cost of such benefits.”
The existence of the loophole itself is noteworthy, Republicans argue, and say taxpayers shouldn’t be held responsible for subsidizing the health costs of foreign diplomats.
“We fully support the ability of foreign diplomats to purchase health care coverage in the United States. We do not, however, believe that American taxpayers should subsidize these services,” the letter continues....
(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...
Oh goodie
And I thought I heard it all, there just got to be something in the water. On the other hand what else can we expect when the inmates run the asylum.
A little-known clause in the text allows all Friends of Obama who are members of bona fide terrorist organizations (and there are countless numbers) to recuperate from car bombings, self-immolations, radiation burns, as well as other acts of terror, in American hospitals at taxpayer expense.
Provided, of course, they can find space what with all the Ebola victims Obama brings over here from Africa for treatment.
The seriously part is that the House and Senate didn’t know this before now, or if they did they didn’t object.
Yes, SERIOUSLY!
where will this ...end??
War, I imagine.
It do appear to be the case.. there Andy
lil Obie REALLY wants to hurt the USA
Unbelievable!
So! Does that mean that the American taxpayers will be subsidizing foreign diplomats. I thought 0’Care was ridiculous but this is beyond the pale.
“You have to pass it in order to find out what’s in it.”
That would not bother me at all if they got the kind of care that other subsidized people must endure....VA, Medicaid nightmares, etc. But I guess they’ll get the cadillac care huh?
Yes, but once passed you’d think one of them would read it.
Platinum, at least. Remember, there are a slew of countries in Africa.
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the other side's worse:
McConnell doesn’t necessarily have to be voted in as Majority Leader, now does he?
WHAT?!?!
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