1. La Acusación Central: Sanidad Gratuita para "Ilegales".
El argumento principal, atribuido a los republicanos, es que los demócratas buscan proporcionar cobertura médica gratuita a los inmigrantes indocumentados, llegando incluso a paralizar el gobierno para lograrlo.
- Republican lie: “democrats are shutting down the government to provide health care to illegal immigrants.” facts: undocumented immigrants are not eligible to enroll in medicare and medicaid, and they are also not eligible to purchase coverage on the aca marketplace. Jessica craven.
- First lie: “democrats want to give free healthcare to illegals.” nonsense. By law, undocumented immigrants can’t get medicaid, medicare, or aca subsidies.
- The democrats are not supporting free healthcare for undocumented immigrants. That is just another republican lie. Get your facts straight!
- False, dems want to restore free health care for illegal immigrants paid by your taxes. Don't be.
2. La Realidad Legal: La Prohibición Federal.
En contraposición a las acusaciones, se enfatiza que la ley federal prohíbe explícitamente que los inmigrantes indocumentados se inscriban en programas de salud financiados por el gobierno como Medicare, Medicaid o los subsidios de la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA).
- Truth: by law, undocumented immigrants cannot get medicare, medicaid, or healthcare tax credits. Republicans would rather lie than admit that they don’t care if you can afford healthcare.
- Fact check: it’s already illegal for undocumented immigrants to enroll in federally funded health care like the aca exchange, medicaid, or medicare.
- Fact: u.s. Law prohibits undocumented immigrants from gaining federally subsidized health care, whether that’s medicaid, affordable care act, children’s health insurance program, or otherwise.
- Undocumented immigrants are not eligible for medicare or other federally funded health coverage programs. The personal responsibility and work opportunity act of 1996 prohibits them from enrolling in programs like medicare, medicaid, and the children's health insurance.
3. Una Estrategia de Distracción.
Se argumenta que la narrativa sobre la sanidad para inmigrantes es una táctica deliberada para desviar la atención de los verdaderos objetivos republicanos: recortar la cobertura médica para los ciudadanos y reducir impuestos para los ricos.
- Republicans know this – and they’re blaming immigrants anyway so they can raise your health care costs and cut taxes for the rich.
- Trump and republicans are lying about immigrants to distract from the truth. Undocumented immigrants have never been eligible for federal funding under aca, medicaid, or medicare.
- To be clear, undocumented immigrants aren't even allowed to enroll in federally funded health coverage. This is a lie to distract from the fact that republicans are making your health care more expensive.
- They lie about undocumented immigrants getting healthcare to distract from the fact that republicans & trump cut off 17 million from medicaid and increased aca subsidied 70% to give billionaires a tax cut.
4. La Excepción: Atención de Emergencia.
Se aclara que la única cobertura que reciben los inmigrantes indocumentados es la atención en salas de emergencia, un requisito legal para todos los hospitales bajo la ley EMTALA, que no equivale a un seguro médico completo ni a los programas de subsidios.
- The only coverage they see is emergency room care, and nothing in the democrats’ bill changes that. .
- The only medical services used by undocumented immigrants are emergency care, the er. The total cost for this is 0.1% of the medicaid budget. By law, they cannot apply for benefits.
- Undocumented immigrants can go to an er. They can not be refused care. That is not the same as buying health insurance through a state market place. Subsidies are for residents.
- Undocumented immigrants are not eligible for medicaid. Emergency treatment is covered by the emergency medical treatment and labor act. (emtala). Republicans are lying about undocumented immigrants and medicaid.