by Frank Bergman, Slay News:
A new administration document outlines projected costs if Trump-era safeguards are repealed in Democrats’ spending proposal.
By yourNEWS Media Newsroom
The White House released a memorandum Thursday showing that Democrats’ latest continuing resolution would dismantle America First healthcare reforms and force taxpayers to cover nearly $200 billion in benefits for illegal immigrants and other non-citizens over the next decade.
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According to the memo, Democrats’ proposal would repeal key provisions of the Working Families Tax Cut Act (WFTCA), signed into law by President Donald Trump. That legislation redirected federal resources toward vulnerable Americans by ending Medicaid and Medicare funding for most non-citizens, closing a California loophole that redirected federal dollars for illegal immigrant care, and blocking emergency Medicaid expansions that reimbursed hospitals more for treating non-citizens than U.S. children or seniors. It also repealed an Obamacare rule that gave subsidies to immigrants below the poverty line while denying them to poor American citizens.
The White House memo projects that Democrats’ plan would:
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Spend $193 billion over 10 years on healthcare for illegal immigrants.
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Repeal program safeguards against fraud and improper payments.
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Cancel Trump’s $50 billion rural healthcare investment.
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Eliminate expanded Health Savings Accounts covering 10 million Americans.
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Scrap work requirements for able-bodied adults.
The breakdown of costs includes Obamacare and Medicaid expansions:
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$91.4B – Restoring Obamacare funding for non-citizens.
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$34.6B – Reopening California’s Medicaid loophole.
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$28.2B – Emergency care reimbursements for illegal immigrants.
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$27.3B – Subsidies under the Obamacare “special rule.”
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$6.2B – Medicaid for non-citizens.
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$5.1B – Medicare for non-citizens.
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Total: $192.8 billion.
The administration said the Democrats’ proposal would spend “almost enough to fund the entire Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for the same period.”
