Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Citizenship and Medical Care

I'm not going to do. I'm not going to ask every Medicaid patient to produce proof of citizenship. Sorry, George, you can take your edict a shove it where the sun doesn't shine.
Daily Health Policy Report

Medicaid | Provision in 2005 Budget Deficit Reduction Act Requires Proof of Citizenship for Medicaid Benefits
[Apr 11, 2006]
Individuals seeking care through Medicaid beginning on July 1 will be required under federal law to show proof of U.S. citizenship -- such as a birth certificate, passport or another form of identification -- the Boston Globe reports. The requirement was included in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, which President Bush signed into law earlier this year.
To think that we have two and one half years of this jerk left. Somehow, I can't imagine that he's going to last. It looks like Cheney is going to get fried in the firestorm around the most recent Plame revelations. If Bush appoints anybody reasonable, they will get him to resign. Its either that or a dictatorship.
Section 1011 in the 2003 Medicare law gives U.S. hospitals $1 billion over four years to care for undocumented immigrants.
Tell me again, how much are we spending per week in Iraq?

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