Posted on 08/23/2009 3:19:22 PM PDT by Sammy67
House Health Reform Bill Will Allow Illegal Aliens to Receive Taxpayer-Funded Health Care
Critics of America's Affordable Health Care Act of 2009 (AAHCA), the health care reform bill currently working its way through the House of Representatives, have suggested the bill will provide taxpayer-funded health care to illegal aliens. Supporters of the bill maintain that Section 246 will prevent illegal aliens from receiving benefits under the bill. Section 246 states that
"[n]othing in this subtitle shall allow Federal payments for affordability credits on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States."1
As discussed in this memorandum, Section 246 will not prevent illegal aliens from receiving taxpayer-funded health care benefits under the bill.
(1) Illegal Aliens Eligible for Public Plan. Section 246 applies only to "affordability credit" access, but does not apply to anyone attempting to enroll in the public health insurance plan created by Section 221. Affordability credits can be used to
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You’re right. We certainly have created a nightmare. Unintended consequences of trying to be compassionate by ignoring our own laws.
How about the fact this bill or any proposed health care legislation is unconstitutional since regulating health care is not expressly listed as a power granted to Congress in Article 1 Section 8! This is the most important point and needs to discussed more than any part of the bill.
Folks, they already get free care. Check out all the hospitals they’ve run out of business along our southern border.
>>>> Indeed...what is this the 4th or 5th round of this in the last 9 years? They just don’t understand the meaning of ‘no’. <<<<
Yes, this will be the third time since 2004/2005.
And they will keep doing it so long as we allow Capitol Hill to continue covertly supporting the illegal alien invasion of America.
The next time around, it would good to see a serious and sustained movement of Americans demanding deportation and an end to the wink-wink nod-nod that currently passes as “the law.”
Could we also include the populations of Central and South America. They are, after all, Americans.
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