House Health Reform Bill Will Allow Illegal Aliens to Receive Taxpayer-Funded Health Care
Critics of America's Affordable Health Care Act of 2009 (AAHCA), the health care reform bill currently working its way through the House of Representatives, have suggested the bill will provide taxpayer-funded health care to illegal aliens. Supporters of the bill maintain that Section 246 will prevent illegal aliens from receiving benefits under the bill. Section 246 states that "[n]othing in this subtitle shall allow Federal payments for affordability credits on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States." Section 246 will not prevent illegal aliens from receiving taxpayer-funded health care benefits under the bill. Click here to download FAIR's latest analysis about the health care reform bill.