President. is $125 million. the cost of this amendmentS125 million to deal with the cost to exempt children under 18. services to mothers. expecting mothers. and veterans. from Medicaid deemingS125 million out of $2 billion. So it is a very reduced program. It is. again. for the children. again. for the mothers. and. again. for veterans who have served or who may still be legal immigrants and have served in the Armed Forces and need some meanstested program. The most outstanding one is prescription drugs. That Is really the number one program. where they be costed out. and these veterans would have difficulty in program terms for that kind of attention. Furthermore. the cost of providing a healthy childhood to both unborn American citizens and legal immigrant children is far less than the cost to society in treating health complications at delivery and throughout the lives of the children. Finally. many legal immigrants serve in our Armed Forces. We mentioned that briefly at other times in the debates. Most veterans benefits are means tested. If the sponsor deeming provisions in the bill are applied to veterans benefits. some veterans will find themselves ineligible for VA benefits because the sponsor makes too much money or they are too poor to purchase health insurance. My amendment allows those veterans to receive the health care they need under Medicaid. This bill will make many immigrant veterans ineligible for health care assistance under their VA benefits. Currently veterans who are unable to dofray the costs of medical care can qualify for meanstested benefits. There are several mandatory VA programs which are means tested.
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