Dems defeat amendment to not cover illegals in HR 3200

Last week, another committee in the House of Representatives had a
chance to close one of the many loopholes in the House health care bill
that would open up taxpayer-funded health care benefits for illegal
aliens. Unfortunately, by a vote of 28 to 29, the Energy and Commerce
Committee narrowly defeated an amendment offered by Rep. Nathan Deal
(R-GA) that would close one of those loopholes. (Amendment Language and Vote Results).
Congressman Deal's amendment would have continued to require that
the government verify whether someone enrolling in Medicaid is not an
illegal alien. (See video of
Rep. Deal explaining his amendment). Section 1702 of the House bill
reads that States "shall accept without further determination the
enrollment… of an individual determined… to be a non-traditional Medicaid eligible individual."
Concerns have been raised about whether a "non-traditional Medicaid
eligible individual" would include illegal aliens and that the
prohibition against verifying eligibility contained in Section 1702
would allow illegal aliens to enroll in Medicaid. (House bill).

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GJ

If I could only find some!!