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Senate report: Illegal immigrants benefited from up to $750M in ObamaCare subsidies
Fox News ^ | February 8,2016

Posted on 02/08/2016 2:18:50 PM PST by Hojczyk

Illegal immigrants and individuals with unclear legal status wrongly benefited from up to $750 million in ObamaCare subsidies and the government is struggling to recoup the money, according to a new Senate report obtained by Fox News.

The report, produced by Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, examined Affordable Care Act tax credits meant to defray the cost of insurance premiums. It found that as of June 2015, the Administration awarded approximately $750 million in tax credits on behalf of individuals who were later determined to be ineligible because they failed to verify their citizenship, status as a national, or legal presence.

The review found the credits went to more than 500,000 people – who are illegal immigrants or whose legal status was unclear due to insufficient records.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services confirmed to FoxNews.com on Monday that 471,000 customers with 2015 coverage failed to produce proper documentation on their citizenship or immigration status on time – but stressed that this does not necessarily mean they’re ineligible.

Lack of verification does not mean an individual is ineligible for financial assistance, but only that a Marketplace did not receive sufficient information to verify eligibility in the time period outlined in the law, CMS spokesman Aaron Albright said.

The Senate report also accused the administration of lacking a solid plan to get that money back – and predicted that in the end, the IRS will be unable to fully recoup the funds.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: aliens; illegals; immigration; obama; obamacare
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1 posted on 02/08/2016 2:18:50 PM PST by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

OH BOY isn’t this just GREAT!!!!!


2 posted on 02/08/2016 2:20:33 PM PST by Kit cat (OBummer must go)
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To: Hojczyk

That number sounds low to me. I would guess that the illegals in Los Angeles alone would suck up a billion taxpayer dollars.


3 posted on 02/08/2016 2:20:49 PM PST by forgotten man
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To: Kit cat

What a country.


4 posted on 02/08/2016 2:21:07 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Hojczyk

Yet, many citizens are stuck with no insurance.


5 posted on 02/08/2016 2:22:22 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Hojczyk

And my wife can’t be seen for more than one ailment at a military treatment facility.


6 posted on 02/08/2016 2:23:07 PM PST by Salvavida (The restoration of the U.S.A. starts with filling the pews at every Bible-believing church.)
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To: forgotten man

The illegals in CA already get free healthcare from the State.


7 posted on 02/08/2016 2:24:17 PM PST by Rusty0604 (1q)
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To: Hojczyk

Three quarters of a bllion US taxpayer dollars. Let that roll around for a minute or two.

Then....go Trump.

L


8 posted on 02/08/2016 2:24:37 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: forgotten man
That number sounds low to me.

That's just the amount they got caught handing out.

No one is saying how much more in handouts they were able to hide.


9 posted on 02/08/2016 2:25:50 PM PST by Iron Munro (The wise have stores of choice food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has. Proverbs 21:20)
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To: Hojczyk

Dem Bumblin’ ‘Bama Boobs. How many zillions of taxpayer dollars have they outright wasted, redistributed to illegals, funded terrorists with, and given under the table to unscrupulous causes? Whoever is responsible for this latest DUH Moment should be fired immediately.


10 posted on 02/08/2016 2:26:15 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: Lurker
Joe Wilson told the truth

Obama lied

11 posted on 02/08/2016 2:26:32 PM PST by scooby321
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To: Lurker

Amen, baby, AMEN!

Go TRUMP!

You won’t find TRUMP anywhere near the words seeking a “pathway to legalization”, like the ENTIRE Republican field of contenders.

TRUMP 2016

or BUST.


12 posted on 02/08/2016 2:29:14 PM PST by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: Hojczyk

Meanwhile if your an American citizen making about 40 grand a year you are forced to pay for a plan that will cost you about 4 or 5 hundred dollars a month with a 6 thousand dollar deductible before you even get a chance to use it or get penalized and have you tax refund you get everyyear confiscated to pay for the invaders. Thank GOP thanks chief justice roberts and thanks to all the nimrods who voted for this imposter


13 posted on 02/08/2016 2:29:42 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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It took a Senate Report for these hucksters to ‘realize’ this???? Seriously??

Trump has been saying this for months.

Deport those here illegally, build the d@mn wall and stop ALL subsidies to those here illegally, now.


14 posted on 02/08/2016 2:29:46 PM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: Hojczyk

When Obama said that illegals would not be eligible for Obamacare, Joe Wilson shouted, “You lie!” The Democrat media and politicians and RINOs tore into him. He was right. Where are the apologies owed to this good man?


15 posted on 02/08/2016 2:32:49 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: RitaOK

maybe not, but he’s for single payer.


16 posted on 02/08/2016 2:35:30 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: Hojczyk

Paid for by the American workers.


17 posted on 02/08/2016 2:38:24 PM PST by Hattie
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To: Hattie

Approved by congress who control the “checkbook”. Criminals.


18 posted on 02/08/2016 2:38:59 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: ronnie raygun
ONE of my wife's prescriptions is $80/month because we have insurance. With no insurance it is $5. If she went to another pharmacy to get it and claimed no insurance that would be insurance fraud. So, what to do?

Why in the hell we are not decorating the lamp posts of DC with all these government crooks is beyond me....

19 posted on 02/08/2016 2:43:22 PM PST by Envisioning (4.13.15 - That awkward moment in history when 53 million racists became sexists...)
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To: Kit cat

Obummer, piglosi and reid said we were hysterical immigrant bashers for even thinking that would happen.


20 posted on 02/08/2016 2:45:58 PM PST by pfflier
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