Title: Is Medical Help for Illegal Immigrants Covered Under Obamacare?
Headings: Is Medical Help for Illegal Immigrants Covered Under Obamacare?
Is Medical Help for Illegal Immigrants Covered Under Obamacare?
How the Affordable Care Act Treats Undocumented Immigrants
Individual Mandate and Undocumented Immigrants
Controversial Claims
Obama Refutes Claims
Continued Criticism

Content: "Starting in 2014, Americans will be subject to the individual mandate penalty of $695 annually if they do not purchase federally-dictated health insurance ," the lawmakers wrote. " However, under the new federal law, illegal immigrants will not be forced to purchase health insurance, though they will still be able to receive health care — regardless of their ability to pay — in a hospital's emergency department." Undocumented immigrants already have access to emergency-room treatment. "So illegal immigrants get health care without paying for it, but citizens face the choice of either buying expensive health insurance or paying a tax," Coburn and Barrasso wrote. " The cost of illegal immigrants‘ health care in the emergency department of hospitals will be shifted to Americans with insurance." Cite this Article
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Murse, Tom. " Is Medical Help for Illegal Immigrants Covered Under Obamacare?" ThoughtCo, Aug. 26, 2020, thoughtco.com/does-obamacare-cover-illegal-immigrants-3367966. Murse, Tom. ( 2020, August 26).