Obama administration reaffirms no healthcare support for undocumented immigrants
Source: The Miami Herald
After President Barack Obama raised publicity in June with his declaration that 800,000 young undocumented immigrants could remain and work in the United States, his administration quietly issued a rule this week declaring that these immigrants cant benefit from the healthcare reform law.
The Department of Health and Human Services released a rule amendment to clarify that the Affordable Care Act, which offers coverage to those lawfully present in the United States, did not apply to those mentioned in Obamas June declaration.
The amendment means that the undocumented immigrants will not be able to join the Pre-Existing Condition Plan for high-risk patients and the healthcare exchanges being established to help people and small businesses obtain cheaper rates. The immigrants will also not be able to get into state-federal programs such as Medicaid, the health insurance for the poor, or the Childrens Health Insurance Program.
This certainly is a substantial financial issue in places like Miami, New York City and Los Angeles, said Alan Sager, a healthcare policy expert at Boston University. He called the ruling a relatively minor administrative clarification, a screwing down of something that was already nailed down.
Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/08/30/2976776/obama-administration-reaffirms.html
Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)Freddie Stubbs
(29,853 posts)Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)PB
emulatorloo
(44,131 posts)"Obama is giving illegals free health care"
I really don't see any policy implications.
mac56
(17,569 posts)oldsarge54
(582 posts)Do you really think the truth is going to stop our honorable but horribly informed opponents?
alp227
(32,034 posts)Igel
(35,320 posts)If you can work for a small business, does the small business get a subsidy for your insurance? If they don't pay for your insurance, do you get a rebate?
How exactly does the ACA work as far as taxes are concerned for illegal residents under the state of grace offered? And will it be found Constitutional to charge them FICA and Medicare payroll taxes without the implicit contract that the "insurance" programs offer?
Consider U Calif schools. If you're a student and get grants, your health care insurance is covered by grants. If you're a grad student and are a TA or RA, your insurance is part of your mandatory fees and covered by the fee waiver you get. Often those are funded by outside grants, the outside grants are very often federal. That means that your health care is paid for by NIH funds, for example.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)AlphaCentauri
(6,460 posts)Freddie Stubbs
(29,853 posts)Hey Jude
(67 posts)Jan Brewer is having a scorpion for breakfast, washed down with a martini of course.
Mojorabbit
(16,020 posts)ieoeja
(9,748 posts)I with I could say this -> is not necessary. But far too many teabaggers would ask that question in perfect sincerity.
And not understand the answer.