[seooptiman]

“The reforms I'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally,” Obama said then. YOU LIE!!! Joe Wilson was right.

Yep. Everyone knew Obama was full of it then and now...the rest of the story:

Since they can't check anybody's papers, illegals can just walk in and get free care. Sweeeeeeet.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/...acare-money-25

HHS: Obamacare-Funded Health Centers for 'Migrants' Won't Check Immigration Status

Wednesday, August 10, 2011
By Matt Cover

(CNSNews.com) - The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Tuesday that it has awarded $28.8 million to 67 community health centers with funds from the Obamacare health reform law.

Of that $28.8 million, "approximately $8.5 million will be used by 25 New Access Point awardees to target services to migrant and seasonal farm workers," Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Spokeswoman Judy Andrews told CNSNews.com. HRSA is a part of HHS.

Andrews said that grant recipients will not check the immigration status of people seeking services.

“Health centers do not, as a matter of routine practice, ask about or collect data on citizenship or other matters not related to the treatment needs of the patients seeking health services at the center,” Andrews said.

Further, the grant recipients are required to serve "all residents" who walk through their doors.

“The Program’s authorizing statute does not affirmatively address immigration status,” said Andrews. “Rather, it simply states that health centers are required to provide primary health care to all residents of the health center's service area without regard for ability to pay.”

These Obamacare disbursements seem to contradict a claim President Obama famously made in a nationally televised speech to a joint session of Congress on Sept. 9, 2009.

[kneexyFreedly]

People can walk into clinics or emergency rooms in virtually any city and be treated for a range of urgent health situations and injuries. it's often the case that the person being treated may not be able to pay, much less provide evidence of citizenship.

It's part of what reasonable humans do when a fellow human is in serious trouble.

This is that.

[Honealals]

Illegal aliens are doing that now, and have been for years. It has nothing to do with the new health care reforms.

[Chooriwrocafn]

We don't ask for papers. Period. We treat anyone who needs treatment. That is our oath as healthcare professionals.