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Provision to Crack Down on Illegal Aliens Removed from Trump's Healthcare

 
 
 
 
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RyNoCare – Illegals Welcome

Remember when Barack Obama repeatedly lied to the American public about Obamacare not covering illegal aliens?

Yeah, that was a lie.

Thanks to Obamacare, illegal aliens received taxpayer-funded healthcare — paid for by the working Americans.

Now this…

The latest adjustments to Ryancare deleted the provision to crack down on illegal alien coverage. Its so bad, even Ron Paul came out calling Ryancare: OBAMACARE 2.0

But after all if Trump signs Ryancare then it becomes Trumpcare and Trump would be to blame for it because he promised to change Obamacare and this is not a change… from Obamacare to Obamacare 2.0…

Reuters reported:

Some conservatives in Washington were fuming on Tuesday after an Obamacare rollback bill was tweaked by Republican leaders to delete a provision meant to crack down on illegal immigrants getting federal healthcare insurance coverage.

The development posed another problem for Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives and President Donald Trump, who are trying to win congressional approval of the wider bill, the first big legislative test for Trump since taking office.

The provision would have allowed the Treasury Department to access data at the Department of Homeland Security to verify that healthcare tax credits went only to U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents, not to illegal immigrants.

In a largely procedural move, it was dropped from the bill after the Senate Parliamentarian determined that the Senate Finance Committee, which handles tax credits under the bill, does not have purview over the Department of Homeland Security.

Republican Representative Lou Barletta issued a statement on Monday evening, after the change was made, saying he could no longer support the bill, citing the obscure provision.

“I am concerned that the bill lacks sufficient safeguards for verifying whether or not an individual applying for health care tax credits is lawfully in this country and eligible to receive them,” said the Pennsylvania lawmaker.

The provision had been a key issue for conservative groups the Trump administration is trying to win over in its efforts to pass the bill known as the American Health Care Act, Trump’s plan to repeal and partly replace Obamacare.

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