Remember that time Congressman Joe Wilson yelled “you lie!” during President Obama’s health care address, right after he promised that illegal immigrants will be barred from the health insurance exchange?
Yeah, about that. It turns out that the president lied and immigrants can use the exchange under the bill that is being voted on this weekend in the House. We’ll update this post when the White House issues an apology to Rep. Wilson.
House leaders are likely to bow to pressure from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and leave tighter restrictions for undocumented immigrants out of the healthcare overhaul, but avoiding conflict in the House could set up a brutal battle with the Senate and possibly President Obama.
“We will have to deal with this. It’s more of a matter of when,” a Democratic leadership aide said of the immigration issue. “The president needs to get involved.”
Rules Chairwoman Louise Slaughter said leaders were “pretty content with the rule the way it is” when asked if the immigration language would change.
The House bill is silent on the issue, effectively requiring undocumented immigrants to carry insurance and letting them use the exchange to buy it. — National Journal
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You are playing fast and loose with the facts. The argument is about how much identification one will need to show. Illegal immigrants are entitled to nothing under the proposed legislation. Besides being unbelievably rude old Joe was and still is wrong.