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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2009


We hear it over and over from the Democrats in Congress and the President that, the current Health Care Reform bill (HR 3200), has language that says illegal aliens will not receive health care benefits under the legislation. There are no enforcement provisions in the bill, so the no illegal immigrant language is meaningless

Last Tuesday, the bi-partisan Congressional Research Service (CRS), the "research arm" for the United States Congress, issued a report saying that illegal aliens would be able to receive benefits under the House health care reform bill.

The report, Treatment of Noncitizens in H.R. 3200, states definitively, "H.R. 3200 does not contain any restrictions on noncitizens - whether legally or illegally present, or in the United States temporarily or permanently - participating in the Exchange." H.R. 3200 establishes a Health Insurance Exchange which would provide individuals and small businesses with access to health care plans, including the "public option" to be managed by the government....
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