By Marianna Levyash – Talk Radio News Service

House Republicans expressed concern Friday that the Affordable Health Care for All Americans Act contains loopholes which ultimately could provide government-subsidized health care benefits to illegal immigrants.

“It would cost the American tax payer $30.5 billion for people who have illegally come to this country,” said Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.)

Wilson added that according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), 2.5 million more illegal immigrants would benefit from the legislation.

The GOP members wrote amendments fo the House Health Care Reform Bill that would prevent access to health care benefits by these illegal aliens until they proved citizenship. However, the Rules Committee will reportedly not take any more amendments until the House votes.

“There’s a way to fix this…it should be fixed before the vote is taken,” said Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

Joint Economic Committee Chairwoman Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) says during a hearing Friday that although job loss is slowing, millions of Americans remain unemployed. (0:18)

 

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House GOP’ers Say Illegal Immigrants Will Benefit From Democrats’ Health Care Bill

Joint Economic Committee Ranking Member Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) says during a hearing Friday that the 10.2% national unemployment rate shows that the stimulus package has not had a very positive effect on the nation. (0:26)

 

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Joint Economic Committee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-Texas) says during a hearing Friday that the stimulus package has failed because unemployment is still rising. (0:13)

 

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Joint Economic Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) says during a hearing that 4 million Americans do not have insurance because they have lost their job. (0:10)

 

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Joint Economic Committee Chairwoman Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) says during a hearing Friday that the labor market recovery will be very difficult. (0:06)

 

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Chip Fishernt, President of Fisher Wallace Laboratories, says that the Ft. Hood shooter may not have been on the front-lines in Afghanistan or Iraq, but he absorbed trauams from the patients he was in contact with as a psychiatrist. (0:33)

 

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Chip Fishernt, President of Fisher Wallace Laboratories, says that a new trend that is just now being examined is insomnia among U.S. soldiers. (0:27)

 

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Chip Fishernt, President of Fisher Wallace Laboratories, says that U.S. soldiers are facing high levels of post-traumatic stress disorder when coming back to the U.S.

Fishernt attributes this to continuious tours of duty coupled with unconventional combat, such as facing IEDs. (0:33)

 

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