Replies

This legislation affects all state run Medicaid programs, not just California.

social-service workers in California's 58 counties trained to meet the new requirements.

how much training does it take to say "Show me your papers." ???

I don't know how they'll do it...
but California will find some way around this and make sure the
money flows on to the illegals.

The feds should refuse to finance any Medi-CAL claim that doesn't include the necessary proof of citizenship. If they provide treatment to a non-citizen, California can just eat the cost from the state treasury until they figure out how to comply.

the federal government to ease some of its requirements. That means school records and military records may be used to establish citizenship. And in ``rare circumstances,'' two people can file an affidavit testifying to a recipient's citizenship, according to federal guidelines released earlier this month.

In addition, people will not be excluded from the program while they are trying to obtain their documents.

How do school records reflect one's citizenship or immigration status, other than by self-reported data? I'm sure some schools require a birth certificate, but there are scores of thousands of "undocumented" children in schools.

Couldn't three people agree to vouch for each other's citizenship? And, before a nonresident alien finds those two people to testify to his citizenship, he can still assume multiple identities to benefit from Medicare.

FREEPER ACTIVISM

Because they have the power of the purse---and control your tax dollars---public officials who represent you are required to be bonded. Elected officials--- and employees on the government payroll--- might have incurred imprisonment, fines, or other criminal penalties for violating the terms of bonding by misusing tax dollars.........specifically by aiding and abetting the activities of illegal aliens, and failing to report that crimes were being committed.

PARTIAL LIST OF IMMIGRANTS' FEDERAL CRIMINAL FELONIES

1 - Use of illegal ID or documents
2 - Federal income tax evasion
3 - Re-entry into USA after deportation
4 - Obtain/Operate vehicles with illegal ID
5 - ID theft/fraud - Social Security fraud
6 - Knowingly gaining employment fraudulently
7 - Recruiting other illegal aliens workers
8 - Transporting illegal aliens
9 - Harboring &/or housing illegal aliens
10 - Undermining US national security
11 - Registering/Voting using fraudulent documentation
12 - Conspiracy to violate federal statutes
13 - Uttering false statements to public officials
14 - Obstructing law enforcement
15 - Solictiation to violate state and federal law.

Elected officials and public employees on the government payroll might have lied on insurance bonding applications, and may have filed false bonding applications and/or insurance claims. Similar penalties apply to insurance organizations.

Now, say public funds went missing and the public official failed to get bond coverage; the state would have no way to recover that money other than restitution through a criminal prosecution. If it is determined a public official broke the law by failing to apply for bond coverage, that could be an actionable offense.

Now, if a public official with bonding had previous financial problems---perhaps a bankruptcy or a job loss for financial improprieties, etc---that they failed to reveal to bonding agents, that might subject them to legal penalties.

Public entities that mandate bonding include: Municipalities, counties, townships, school districts, ambulance districts, volunteer fire departments, community college districts, public universities, transit authorities, landfills, sewage treatment facilities, public works maintenance facilities, airports.

Concerns here center on instances when elected officials allowed government agencies to misuse tax dollars-----allowing illegal using phony documentation to get government benefits, health vare, welfare, food stamps, drivers licenses, to fraudulently vote in elections for tax-exempt public bond issues...........these are examples of fiduciary negligence, and could violate bonding regulations, and the requirements of the bonding carrier.

FReepers should check this out in your area.

"The federal legislation, sponsored by two Republican members of Congress from Georgia and signed into law earlier this year, aims to purge illegal immigrants from the federal health program for the poor."

"Full Medicaid benefits are available only to citizens and legal immigrants who have been in the country for more than five years. A few benefits, such as labor and delivery care, are available regardless of citizenship."

Been here 5 years? Why? Why is 5 years the magic number. Labor and delivery regardless of legal status and 5 yr rule won't apply. Ridiculous! Of course labor and delivery for the anchorbabies.

Frankly taxpayers are tired of supporting illegals and their anchorbabies. Pregnant ones are coming here just to get the best prenatal care for FREE while American Mom's who don't "qualify" for medicaid and their babies suffer.

Neonatal care for the anchorbabies can run in the hundreds of thousands of dollars all funded by American taxpayers.