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Heatlh Care:Senate closes Illegal Immigrant Loophole

hypocritexposer

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Maybe obama should actually read the bills and then he'd know what he was talking about.

Senate to close ObamaCare loophole for illegal immigrants that media claims doesn’t exist

posted at 3:53 pm on September 11, 2009 by Allahpundit


I don’t get it. The modern-day Murrow told us last night that Joe Wilson was wrong, wrong, wrong.

If a man can’t trust Keith Olbermann to tell him the truth, who can he trust?

The controversy over Republican Rep. Joe Wilson’s shouting out “You Lie!” at the President over his claim that illegal immigrants wouldn’t benefit from health-care reform apparently sparked some reconsideration of the relevant language. “We really thought we’d resolved this question of people who are here illegally, but as we reflected on the President’s speech last night we wanted to go back and drill down again,” said Senator Kent Conrad, one of the Democrats in the talks after a meeting Thursday morning. Baucus later that afternoon said the group would put in a proof of citizenship requirement to participate in the new health exchange — a move likely to inflame the left.

Why would the left be inflamed? Putting laws on the books about illegal immigrants and then studiously ignoring them is a longstanding American tradition. Meanwhile, as expected, Wilson’s starting to rake in big dough from his outburst; a flash poll shows him actually trailing Rob Miller by a single point while the national media throws everything they’ve got at him, but expect Miller’s lead to go the way of The One’s bounce in the next few weeks as things calm down.

Pelosi’s going to try to extend the Two Minutes Hate by another minute next week with a floor resolution punishing Wilson for not apologizing profusely enough, I guess. A cynic might see it as an attempt to manufacture Democratic unity while war is waged over the public option behind the scenes; good thing I’m not a cynic. Oh, and on the very day that an unnamed senior White House official is calling Wilson “a pimple on the ass of progress,” former McCain aide Mark McKinnon is promising to donate to Wilson’s opponent because, see, he just can’t stand incivility. Exit question: Have he and Meghan McCain collectively uttered one unkind word about the torrent of “political terrorist”/angry mob rhetoric that’s been pouring from the mouth of the Democratic river this past month? Maybe they have and I’ve just missed it.

Update: Proving once again that Wilson’s entirely right to be suspicious of the left’s plans for illegals under ObamaCare, TPM sounds decidedly miffed that, ahem, “undocumented residents” won’t be allowed to buy health insurance. Fun Orwellian bonus: Aside from directly quoting Kent Conrad, the word “illegal” doesn’t appear in the post.

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hypocritexposer

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WH on health care, illegal immigrants
Posted: Friday, September 11, 2009 6:04 PM by Domenico Montanaro
Filed Under: White House

From NBC's Mike Viqueira
The White House tonight is providing the below clarification on what the president's health-care proposals would mean when it comes to the issue of illegal immigrants.

The question, as we all know, arises from the Wilson "You lie" outburst, and the core claim that notwithstanding specific bill language barring illegal immigrants from participating in the "exchange," as a practical matter, there is no way of verifying the citizenship of applicants -- which is the current state of play. Republicans say that then means illegal immigrants would end up being enrolled in plans -- bill language or no bill language.

Today, for the first time as far as we know, the administration is backing a provision that would require proof of citizenship before someone could enroll in a plan selected on the exchange.

Here, the administration also concedes that hospitals would be compensated with public funds for the care of undocumented immigrants.

The bullet points sent tonight by the White House:

* Undocumented immigrants would not be able to buy private insurance on the exchange. Those who are lawfully present in this country would be able to participate.

* Undocumented immigrants would be able to buy insurance in the non-exchange private market, just as they do today. That market will shrink as the exchange takes hold, but it will still exist and will be subject to reforms such as the bans on pre-existing conditions and caps.

* Verification will be required when purchasing health insurance on the exchange. One option is the SAVE program (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements) which states currently use to make sure that undocumented immigrants don't participate in safety-net programs for which they are ineligible.

* There would be no change in the law that requires emergency rooms to treat people who need emergency care, including undocumented immigrants. There is already a federal grant program that compensates states for emergency room costs associated with treatment of undocumented immigrants, a provision sponsored by a Republican lawmaker.
 
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