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    Medicaid Recipients to Need Proof of Citizenship

    Medicaid Recipients to Need Proof of Citizenship
    WASHINGTON — Tens of millions of low-income Americans will soon have to show their birth certificates or U.S. passports if they want to obtain health care through their state Medicaid programs.
    The requirement that beneficiaries provide proof of citizenship goes into effect July 1. It's designed to root out cases of illegal immigrants getting their health care paid for by the government. ...
    The citizenship requirement was attached to a bill that President Bush signed into law in February spelling out $35 billion in spending cuts over a five-year period. Much of the focus was on slowing the growth in Medicaid.
    The provision will save federal taxpayers an estimated $220 million over the next five years, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
    Last year, the inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services found that a majority of states don't verify claims of U.S. citizenship by those seeking Medicaid. The practice creates the potential for illegal immigrants to access the health care program. ...
    Only Montana, New York, New Hampshire and Texas require applicants to submit documents verifying citizenship.
    Again, amazing.

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    The practice creates the potential for illegal immigrants to access the health care program. ...
    Um, it does not create the potential, it is happening and has been happing for a long time.

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    Only Montana, New York, New Hampshire and Texas require applicants to submit documents verifying citizenship
    Then, how does New York hospitals get away with their recent position of NOT asking? Wasn't that just in the news recently?

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    And what's to stop them from buying fraudulent birth certificates just like they do SS cards?
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