New SCHIP Bill Will not Require Proof of Citizenship

 I wrote about the fact that the new SCHIP bill will expand the coverage of SCHIP into families that already provide their children healthcare in an attempt to make more families rely on the government rather than on themselves here. I also mentioned in the same post the fact that the children of illegal aliens will be covered under this new expansion of the SCHIP program. In light of this article I feel it is time to look further into this issue.

 A proposed change to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), currently under reauthorization by Congress, could make it possible for people to get health coverage by presenting only a Social Security number, not a photo ID or proof of legal residency or citizenship, such as a birth certificate, driver’s license or passport

 You do not have to prove that you are an American citizen in order to receive SCHIP benefits. Anyone will be able to apply for and receive SCHIP benefits.

 In an economic downturn the government is proposing to expand SCHIP, with the expansion will come additional costs. These costs will be even higher than they should be because illegal aliens will be benefiting from the higher taxes the American people will be paying.

 This is another big government entitlement program being introduced during a time when the American people least need to be paying more taxes. The last thing that the struggling families in America need to be doing is subsidizing healthcare for illegal aliens.

   When Harry Reid was asked about this he said the following:

Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said the legislation “is enforceable and fair, and I don’t think we need to do any better than what we’ve done.”

 Let me see if I have this straight. The mortgage crisis has led to the economic downturn. The mortgage crisis is the fault of President Bush and the fact that there was no government oversight because of the deregulation of the mortgage industry. That is what the Democrats have told us.

  But now deregulation when it comes to SCHIP is okay. It is okay to spend millions of dollars on the healthcare of people who do not belong here. Suddenly more regulations are bad and less regulations are good. This doesn’t make any sense.