[Ooh-Ah]

CRS is a non-partisan, objective source validates the concerns associated with noncitizens under the House health reform bill.

This report, issued by the Congressional Research Service (CRS), is available at: http://opencrs.com/.

CRS provides objective reports to Members of Congress regarding public policy issues. Treatment of Noncitizens in H.R. 3200 addresses H.R. 3200, and it indicates in numerous places that noncitizens are - in fact - covered by certain portions of H.R. 3200.

• Page 4 of the report (page 7 of the PDF), for example, provides: "H.R. 3200 does not contain any restrictions on noncitizens - whether legally or illegally present, or in the United States temporarily or permanently - participating in the Exchange [Health Insurance Exchange]"

• Further, for example, pages 5-6 of the report (pages 8-9 of the PDF), provides that H.R. 3200 "does not contain a mechanism to verify immigration status" and therefore the "Health Choices Commissioner" would be "responsible for determining a mechanism to verify the eligibility of noncitizens for the credits (subsidies for the purchase of health insurance)."

• In addition, page 7 of the report (page 10 of the PDF) provides that "Emergency Medicaid may pay for the care of unauthorized aliens...."

[RummyChick]

I thought there was something in there that said something to the effect that you couldn’t ask their legal status.

[muawiyah]

We've known this for months. Any Democrat who says otherwise, including Obama, simply doesn't know the slightest thing about their own proposal.

Even the slowest readers should have gotten through the text of HR3200 by now.

[freespirited]

To be eligible for the premium credits under H.R. 3200, individuals must be lawfully present in a state in the United States, excluding most nonimmigrants (i.e., those in the United States for a specific purpose and a specific period of time).

This is the theory. The reality is that there is NO enforcement mechanism, and that Congress intended there to be none. An amendment that would have required citizenship to be verified was voted down in committee along partisan lines.

An illegal can simply claim to be legal using fake credentials. Moreover there is NO penalty for doing so. By contrast, income must be verified.

It is perfectly obvious that this is a snow job. The RATS want illegals to get coverage and subsidies.

Worse, illegals will be free to get coverage when they need it and drop off when they dont. Citizens wont be able to do that...they will have to pay premiums every month.

[VanDeKoik]

For a minute I thought this was from CBS.

[cookcounty]

"Individuals who do not maintain acceptable health insurance coverage for themselves and their children would be required to pay an additional tax. Some individuals, including nonresident aliens, would be exempt from the individual mandate.

Good Night!!!

Another unaddressed issue is the FACT that the 8 million people with a Health Savings Account combined with a High Deductible Health Plan WILL LOSE THEIR INSURANCE whether they like it or not (the formula on page 167 of 3200 makes it illegal). The Baucus bill also strips out this option, which I can tell you from experience is a wonderful plan.

[Ooh-Ah]

Boehner is on TV now and he mentioned this report.

[GOP_Muzik]

There is something VERY interesting here. If you go to CNN’s supposed ‘truthsquad’ site here:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/08/27/cnn-truth-squad-will-health-bill-pay-for-illegal-immigrants-an-update/

They use an analysis by Dr. Henrie Treadwell, and somehow fail to mention that she is both a rabid supporter of Barack Obama and an activist that wants to give felons the right to vote, and has been pushing for a socialized health care plan for years.

But it gets better; they actually quote from the CRS and completely omit the statements mentioned in the OP. That’s the kind of ‘journalism’ we should expect from CNN I suppose.

[paul51]

It’s all a smoke screen. After health care is jammed through, immigration reform will be next up and all the illegals will become legal

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