Senate health talks focus on illegal
September 12, 2009
he negotiators thought the issue, but that was before Representaof South Carolina shouted “You lie!’’ at President Obama when the president said in his Congress that migran’t be covered under his health plan.
That led the senators to make sure they have provisions in place to enforce prohibitions against illegal residents getting federally subsidized coverage.
The Whits that Obama does not want illegal immigrants to be able to buy insurance through the new purchasing exchange hHouse press secretary Robert Gibbs said yestedministration will work with lawmakage to enforce that.
The House health bill expressly prohibits federal subsidies for illegal immigrants, but critics note that there are no enforcement mechanisms or lanhether someone is in this country legally.
