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Republicans in the House will release legislation that would prohibit states from using federal pass-through dollars to fund health care for illegal immigrants.
The Biden administration approved a proposal in late June from Colorado that allows the state to use federal funds to create a health care exchange accessible to illegal immigrants.
The Department of Health and Human Services will provide Colorado with $1.6 trillion over five years to create health care exchanges under Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act.
Truth Tent reported:
Colorado Rep. Ken Buck’s bill, obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller ahead of its introduction, amends Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act to prevent states from using pass-through funds to provide health care to illegal immigrants. The legislation is co-sponsored by the other two Republican members of Colorado’s House delegation, Lauren Boebert, and Doug Lamborn.
The federal government is currently prohibited under the Affordable Care Act from providing health insurance subsidies to illegal immigrants. This restriction bars them from signing up for health insurance under the exchanges established by the 2010 law. However, pass-through funds are not subject to the prohibition.
“Instead of using section 1332 waivers as originally intended, to grant states flexibility to implement innovative health care solutions, Democrats are using the waiver program to make federally funded health insurance a reality for illegal aliens,” Buck told the Daily Caller of expanding the restriction.
“This is a slap in the face to American taxpayers who get up, go to work, and are fighting to survive amidst 9.1% Biden-flation. The needs of the American people should come first, not last.”
There are more than 15 states that have established health care exchanges under Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act.
The Raging Patriot previously reported on the massive shift that could occur in November, if Republicans take back the House:
It was recently reported that House Republicans are gearing up for a huge fight if they win back control of the U.S. House in November’s midterm elections, which they are heavily favored to do.
A report from Politico details how Republicans are “gearing up for a House takeover this fall” and “are privately crafting legislative goals for next year that would almost certainly fall prey to the Senate filibuster and not become law, regardless of which party controls the upper chamber.”
“The House GOP wants to pass bills to revive the Keystone XL pipeline, finish the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, and establish a ‘parental bill of rights’ to capitalize on Covid-19-era frustration with education, according to interviews with more than half a dozen Republican lawmakers,” the report added.
