Subject: Re: The Republican Health Care System
And hat tip to my home state of Missouri's own Sen. Eric Schmitt:

https://x.com/SenEricSchmitt/s...

Yesterday, there were a lot of rumors floating around about the ban on Medicaid for illegal aliens being stripped from the bill.

Thankfully, that's not true. It's very much in the bill we just passed.

You can look it up below. Page 602. Section 77109.

Let's do that, shall we?

https://punchbowl.news/file_39...

(Link to the actual bill)

And on page 602 it says:

SEC. 71109. ALIEN MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY.
(a) MEDICAID.—Section 1903(v) of the Social Secu
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(v)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and (4)’’and
inserting ‘‘, (4), and (5)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(5) Notwithstanding the preceding paragraphs of
this subsection, beginning on October 1, 2026, except as
provided in paragraphs (2) and (4), in no event shall pay
ment be made to a State under this section for medical
assistance furnished to an individual unless such indi
vidual is—
‘‘(A) a resident of 1 of the 50 States, the Dis
trict of Columbia, or a territory of the United
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States; and (B) either—
‘‘(i) a citizen or national of the United
States;
‘‘(ii) an alien lawfully admitted for perma
nent residence as an immigrant as defined by
sections 101(a)(15) and 101(a)(20) of the Im
migration and Nationality Act, excluding,
among others, alien visitors, tourists, diplomats,
and students who enter the United States tem
porarily with no intention of abandoning their
residence in a foreign country;
‘‘(iii) an alien who has been granted the
status of Cuban and Haitian entrant, as de
fined in section 501(e) of the Refugee Edu
cation Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–
422); or
‘‘(iv) an individual who lawfully resides in
the United States in accordance with a Com
pact of Free Association referred to in section
402(b)(2)(G) of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.’’.

Oof. This is gonna leave a mark.