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A new memo from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service confirms that under the new health law, American citizens are forced to either buy expensive insurance, or get taxed, while illegal immigrants may still receive free health care in hospital emergency departments. Additionally, illegal immigrants could fraudulently obtain new health subsidies, and taxpayers would pay for it. Unfortunately, low-income immigrants get a subsidy and choice, but low-income American citizens only get access to Medicaid – a substandard government health program that yields lower health outcomes for patients.
Read the CRS memo here.
