Samira wrote:
Enforce what? Enforce not paying for something?
Varrus is being impossibly dense, as always, but I think I understand his complaint. We know for a fact that some illegal immigrants currently receive government benefits for a variety of reasons, despite the fact that most of these benefit programs have requirements of citizenship for participation. It's not entirely unreasonable to believe the same thing might occur with any new (or extended) government benefits established by whatever health care reform bill ends up getting passed (if any).
However, the issue at hand here is one of fraud, not broken legislation. It's ridiculous to not pass a reform bill simply because the potential exists for fraud. That's the case with pretty much any legislation in existence.
One thing I'd like clarification on, though, is what existing regulations (or new ones) would apply to any new government benefit program where proof of citizenship or legal immigration is concerned.