Health Bill Loophole Benefits Illegal Immigrants
Onenewsnow interviews FAIR spokesman Ira Mehlman about a loophole in proposed health care legislation that would let illegal immigrants get government subsidized health insurance. "The problem is that the verification procedures for proving eligibility are very lax," says Mehlman. "And in fact, all somebody has to do is make a claim to citizenship and that pretty much gets them into the system. It doesn't require the more stringent verification procedures that are already in place and being used successfully in many other government programs."