To express the sense of Congress that aliens who are present in the United States without lawful status under the immigration laws should not receive any benefit under the Medicare program or under the Medicaid program.
This bill expresses Congress's position that undocumented immigrants should not receive benefits from Medicare or Medicaid programs. The legislation does not create new laws or funding requirements but rather states a sense of Congress—a non-binding statement of the legislative body's opinion on the matter. The bill references existing restrictions in the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, which already limits certain federal benefits for undocumented immigrants. The measure affects both undocumented immigrants present in the United States and the two major federal health insurance programs that serve seniors and low-income Americans. Since this is a sense-of-Congress resolution rather than mandatory legislation, it carries symbolic weight but does not automatically change current program eligibility rules or allocate funding.
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