Speech #1130122626

It is time to stop it before we lose the Constitution altogether. Here is an article from Steven Camarota and Karen Ziegler. The headline. "Immigrant Families Benefit Significantly from ObamaCare." and the subheadline. "Immigrant Families Accounted for 42 Percent of Medicaid Growth Since 2011." The article says: A key part of the Affordable Care Act is Medicaid expansion for those with low incomes. A new analysis of government data by the Center for Immigration Studies shows that immigrants and their U.S.-born children. under age 18. have been among the primary beneficiaries of Medicaid growth. The data show that immigrants and their children accounted for 42 percent of the growth in Medicaid enrollment from 2011 to 2013. Immigrants benefited more from Medicaid expansion than natives because a much larger share of immigrants are poor and uninsured. It seems almost certain that immigrants and their children will continue to benefit disproportionately from ObamaCare. as they remain much more likely than natives to be uninsured or poor. The available evidence indicates that Medicaid growth associated with immigrants is largely among those legally in the country. Nonetheless. immigrants. this points out: The number of immigrants and their U.S.born children on Medicaid grew twice as fast as the number of natives and their children on Medicaid from 2011 to 2013. Immigrants and their children accounted for 42 percent of Medicaid enrollment growth from 2011 to 2013. even though they accounted for only 17 percent of the Nations total population and 23 percent of overall U.S. population growth in the same time period. About twothirds of the growth in Medicaid associated with immigrants was among immigrants themselves. rather than U.S.born children of immigrants. It is an interesting issue because when my friend STEVE KING and I were in England in recent years. we were told there that the law is very clear. They know that their country would fail if they just say everybody that comes in is immediately entitled to every Federal subsidy the British Government offers. so they have a requirement in England that you are not entitled to any benefit. we were told. until you have paid into the British system for at least 5 years.