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: The services cost U.S. taxpayers more than $1 billion a year. The survey was conducted by The Wall Street Journal. "The services usually are inexpensive or free to participants, who must prove they live in the county but are told their immigration status doesn’t matter," the newspaper reported . Individual Mandate and Undocumented Immigrants
Undocumented immigrants living in the United States are the largest segment of the population without health insurance. It has been estimated that as much as half of the illegal immigrant population in the United States doesn't have health insurance. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated illegal immigrants make up one-quarter of the 30 million uninsured people in the country. Undocumented immigrants are not subject to the health care reform law’s individual mandate, the controversial clause upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2012 requiring most Americans to purchase health insurance. Because illegal immigrants are not subject to the individual mandate, they are not penalized for being uninsured. According to the Congressional Research Service: " Unauthorized (illegal) immigrants are expressly exempted from the mandate to have health insurance and, as a result, cannot be penalized for noncompliance."