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  ObamaCare Bill Will Allow Illegal Aliens To Receive Tax-Payer-Funded Health Care
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News DateSunday, August 23, 2009 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionHouse Health Reform Bill Will Allow Illegal Aliens to Receive Taxpayer-Funded Health Care

Critics of America's Affordable Health Care Act of 2009 (AAHCA), the health care reform bill currently working its way through the House of Representatives, have suggested the bill will provide taxpayer-funded health care to illegal aliens. Supporters of the bill maintain that Section 246 will prevent illegal aliens from receiving benefits under the bill. Section 246 states that

"[n]othing in this subtitle shall allow Federal payments for affordability credits on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States."1

As discussed in this memorandum, Section 246 will not prevent illegal aliens from receiving taxpayer-funded health care benefits under the bill.

(1) Illegal Aliens Eligible for Public Plan. Section 246 applies only to "affordability credit" access, but does not apply to anyone attempting to enroll in the public health insurance plan created by Section 221. Affordability credits can be used to offset the cost of health care coverage for individuals who enroll in private insurance plans, but there is currently no provision barring illegal aliens from enrolling in the taxpayer-funded public plan. An amendment offered by Rep. Dean Heller (R-NV) at the Ways & Means Committee markup would have required that enrollees in the public plan, or those seeking affordability credits, must verify eligibility with the Income Eligibility Verification System (IEVS) and the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system. That amendment was rejected by the committee on a party-line vote. As currently written, the bill would allow illegal aliens to freely enroll in the public plan.
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