Congressional Republicans Ask Administration To Reject Calif. Request On Immigrants’ Insurance
California is asking for a federal waiver so that the state's online insurance marketplace can sell policies to people who are in the country without proper authority.
KQED:
California Congressional Republicans Urge Blocking Obamacare For Undocumented Immigrants
Several California congressional Republicans want the Obama administration to block the state’s request to sell health insurance to undocumented immigrants on the state’s exchange. The move comes after Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill earlier this month authorizing California to formally request a waiver from the Affordable Care Act provision that bars undocumented immigrants from any of the law’s benefits. ... Nine of California’s 14 Republican representatives have signed a letter to cabinet officials appealing to them to deny this waiver. The representatives called California’s request “a brazen attempt to circumvent the will of Congress.” (Aliferis, 6/29)
Orange County Register:
Orange County's GOP Congress Members Fight Health Care Expansion To Immigrants
Orange County’s Republican Congress members sent a message to President Barack Obama’s administration: Don’t expand health coverage to people living here illegally. GOP Reps. Darrell Issa, Dana Rohrabacher, Ed Royce and Mimi Walters joined five other members of Congress from California in signing a June 24 letter to federal health and treasury officials. They are urging authorities to reject an application from California requesting a waiver to give those here illegally the ability to buy unsubsidized health insurance through Covered California, the state's exchange. (Kopetman, 6/29)
Morning Consult:
California Reps Ask Feds To Reject Plan To Cover Illegal Immigrants
Nine California representatives asked the health and treasury secretaries to reject the state’s application to allow illegal immigrants coverage under the state’s health insurance exchange. Governor Jerry Brown, a Democrat, signed a law earlier this month requiring the state to apply for a waiver with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that would permit illegal immigrants to enroll on the exchange, called Covered California. ... The letter was signed by California Republicans Darrell Issa, Tom McClintock, Ken Calvert, Dana Rohrabacher, Duncan Hunter, Doug LaMalfa, Paul Cook, Ed Royce, and Mimi Walters. (McIntire, 6/29)