New Charges About How House Children’s Health Bill Affects Undocumented Immigrants Are False


 

Publication Date: August 2001

Publisher: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Robert Greenstein

Research Area: Health

Keywords: Economic projections; Health insurance; Health care costs; Citizenship

Type: Report

Abstract:

Rep. Deal charged the bill opens Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to illegal immigrants, encourages more illegal immigrants to enter the United States, and reflects an “eagerness to offer free services to illegals at taxpayer expense.” The charges are false.