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Obamacare May Pose the Biggest Hurdle to Immigration Reform

President Obama's biggest first-term success may present an obstacle on the path to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants, one of his highest second-term ambitions.

ObamaCare's Medicaid expansion and new subsidies to buy health insurance are among a number of factors that may raise a hurdle to immigration reform in 2013: the budgetary cost.

Now, amid signs that the political climate is more favorable for immigration reform, the economic and fiscal backdrop presents new challenges.

Source: Investors Business Daily. Read full article. (link)

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  • Anton2013| |

    I guess government can make separate law for medicare & Medicaid facilities to those who are immigrants if they want to get medicaid or Medicare Benefits.

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