The House passed legislation which seeks to prevent undocumented immigrants from receiving tax credits for buying health insurance on the Obamacare exchanges, by first requiring verification of their legal status to be in the country.
The Verify First Act, authored by Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Pa., passed by a bipartisan vote of 238-184 and now goes to the Senate for consideration.
“Every taxpayer dollar that goes to someone committing fraud is a dollar that is not going to help working families and those who truly need and deserve assistance,” Barletta says. “My bill would fix this problem by verifying that an individual is legally entitled to taxpayer-funded benefits before those dollars go out the door.”
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Katie Kuehner-Hebert
Katie Kuehner-Hebert is a freelance writer based in Running Springs, Calif. She has more than three decades of journalism experience, with particular expertise in employee benefits and other human resource topics.
