Flashback: Democrats defeated GOP Amendment to bar illegals from receiving ObamaCare
Posted by Bill Dupray
on Sep 10 2009 Filed under Politics.
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Just so we are clear, the Republicans offered an amendment to HR 3200 that would bar illegals from coverage under ObamaCare. That amendment was defeated by the Democrats.
On July 16, an amendment by Rep. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) that would have required use of the SAVE [Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements] program to prevent illegal immigrants from receiving the affordable premium credits was defeated by the House Ways and Means Committee.
So when the liberals tell you that the bill explicitly prohibits illegals from getting coverage, what then was the point of voting down a provision that would require verification of immigration status? You see our friends on the left know that if you “bar” illegals from coverage, but then never verify whether they are, in fact, illegal, you end up with coverage for illegals. It is sort of like the border: The law bars you from coming here, but unless somebody checks your ID at the border, you are in.
This is the big question all over the web today. Are illegals covered under ObamaCare? The answer is most assuredly yes. Had the Democrats wanted to bar illegals, they all would have voted yes on Rep. Heller’s amendment. And they didn’t.
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