The Biden administration has approved an application by Washington state to expand health insurance access for all residents regardless of immigration status by allowing it to forgo requirements set by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
He was just ahead of his time.
Joe Wilson.
And look at the political violence!
They misspelled interlopers.
I do remember him.
I also remember, from the early days after Obamaâs promise, hearing reports that anyone with a social secuity number could (fraudulently apply for an fraudulently receive) get free or discounted benefits.
Even before this decison Obamacare for illegals was described as an unpoliced unregulated open invitation for fraud.
I also remember that the original bill as passed
It was a mess.
No debate no nothing.
Just perks for votes.
While a waiver is permitted to expand benefits if they are at least as great as in the law, I would interpret that to mean benefits to eligible people, not to foreigners who are specifically made not eligible by the law itself.
Bit then DACA, so laws are just formalities. Pen and a phone.
Obama was lying. He deserved to be called out on it.
Constitutionally questionable undersells the whole thingâs lack of constitutionality.
Itâs different now.
The Biden Harris administration is being sued by 15 states for declaring by non-Congresional diktat, that all states must cover the illegal migrants known as âdreamersâ under ACA (Obamacare).
From the AP:
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) â Fifteen states filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the Biden administration over a rule that is expected to allow 100,000 immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children to enroll next year in the federal Affordable Care Actâs health insurance. . . .
The Affordable Care Actâs marketplace enrollment opens the same day, just four days ahead of the presidential election. . . .
Of course the article reminds us what opinion we should have:
Many economists have concluded that immigrants provide a net economic benefit, and immigration appears to have fueled job growth after the COVID-19 pandemic that prevented a recession. . . .
A linked article (also from the AP) explains:
The administrationâs action changes the definition of âlawfully presentâ so DACA participants can legally enroll in the marketplace exchange.
Then-President Barack Obama launched the DACA initiative to shield from deportation immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents as children and to allow them to work legally in the country. However, the âDreamersâ were still ineligible for government-subsidized health insurance programs because they did not meet the definition of having a âlawful presenceâ in the U.S.
âŚand all should be allowed to vote in November.
The lawsuit asserts,
âIn the ACA, Congress limited eligibility to participate in a qualified health plan through a subsidized health exchange to citizens or nationals of the United States and individuals âlawfully presentâ in the United States.â
The States point out that the Biden-Harris Administrationâs new definition of âlawfully presentâ is itself unlawful because it violates the plain text of the federal Affordable Care Act. âThe Final Rule amends CMSâ definition of âlawfully presentâ for public healthcare benefits to now include unlawfully present aliens who have been granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Now, through the Final Rule, CMS reverses course and proclaims that DACA recipients are in fact âlawfully presentâ for purposes of receiving taxpayer-funded healthcare benefits through the ACA.â
Short step to âlawfully present for the purposes of anything taxpayer funded we want to give them.â
Speaking of taxpayer funded, I wonder what would happen if there was a tax to benefit illegals that was only applied to those declaring themselves âsanctuariesâ?
Same for declared tranny sanctuaries.
What if virtue signaling had a real price?
Next up:
Biden administration declares fraudulent asylum seekers âlawfully presentâ and therefore eligible for Obamacare.
Yeah, you covered that already.
Not really.
The new Biden dictate applied only to Dreamers.
Not (yet) to fraudulent asylum seekers
Ah, my mistake! I stand corrected. You are of course, correct.
That no doubt is part of their plan to reduce illegal crossings.
