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House and Senate Health Reform Bills Prohibit Subsidies to Illegal Aliens
CNSNews.com ^ | 06/23/09 | Matt Cover

Posted on 06/24/2009 12:22:35 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld

CNSNews.com) – Both the House and Senate versions of President Obama’s health care reform plans contain passages explicitly excluding illegal immigrants from receiving federal money to purchase health insurance from either a private or government-run health plan.

Coming on the eve of a White House summit on immigration, the provisions would mean that some of the 46 million uninsured people living in the U.S. would be legally barred from benefiting from Obama’s government-led restructuring of the American healthcare system.

Obama, who pledged on Friday to tackle immigration reform, will host senators and congressmen at the White House Thursday to discuss possibilities for a reform bill.

The House bill, introduced simultaneously Friday in the House Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means committees, specifically prohibits illegal aliens from receiving government subsidies to purchase health insurance through a national insurance exchange.

“Nothing in this subtitle shall allow Federal payments for affordability credits on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States,” the draft bill reads

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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: 111th; bhohealthcare; bhoillegals; federalgovernment; healthcare; healthreform; illegalaliens; immigration

1 posted on 06/24/2009 12:22:35 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: sonofstrangelove

They aren’t supposed to vote either.


2 posted on 06/24/2009 12:25:09 AM PDT by FreeSouthernAmerican (All we ask is to be let alone----Jefferson Davis)
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To: FreeSouthernAmerican

“They aren’t supposed to vote either.”

Or work here... or be here!


3 posted on 06/24/2009 12:26:32 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: sonofstrangelove

0bama is planning on passing amnesty before Christmas so the 50 million illegals won’t be illegal much longer.


4 posted on 06/24/2009 12:27:39 AM PDT by Mogollon (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. -- Thomas Jefferson)
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To: aquila48

There ya go.


5 posted on 06/24/2009 12:28:07 AM PDT by FreeSouthernAmerican (All we ask is to be let alone----Jefferson Davis)
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To: sonofstrangelove

As Hillary says: “No one is an illegal.”


6 posted on 06/24/2009 12:29:25 AM PDT by iowamark (certified by Michael Steele as "ugly and incendiary")
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To: iowamark

She is an idiot.


7 posted on 06/24/2009 12:30:39 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld (A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone-Henry Kissinger)
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To: sonofstrangelove

So what’s the point. The sign in our hospital emergency room says no one will go untreated.


8 posted on 06/24/2009 3:44:40 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: aquila48

They will make it so that you can’t ask if they are illegal ... or make them prove they are US nationals.


9 posted on 06/24/2009 3:47:05 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: sonofstrangelove

House and Senate Health Reform Bills Prohibit Subsidies to Illegal Aliens. More misinformation to feed the idiots.


10 posted on 06/24/2009 4:21:59 AM PDT by Vaduz
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11 posted on 06/24/2009 4:41:37 AM PDT by bcsco (I'm a Constitution defender!)
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To: sonofstrangelove

Now...if we could just get the bill to include cab fare to the nearest Tijuana hospital, we could cut our own premiums AND eliminate the illegal immigrant problem at the same time. I’m sure the Mexican health care system would be happy to patch ‘em up on their peso.


12 posted on 06/24/2009 6:15:52 AM PDT by Fredgoblu
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