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Chris Good - Chris Good is a political reporter for ABC News. He was previously an associate editor at The Atlantic and a reporter for The Hill.

(More) Trouble For Health Reform Over Illegal Immigrants?

By Chris Good
Sep 18 2009, 10:07 AM ET Comment

As evidenced by Joe Wilson, illegal immigrants are a hot-button issue in the health care debate. Would Democratic proposals cover them? The Congressional Research Service says maybe, given a lack of citizenship verification requirements. Now The Hill reports that Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), who sits on the Finance Committee that will vote on Chairman Max Baucus's recently released bill, is withholding support over how that bill treats illegals--namely, it says they're not allowed to purchase health insurance through the exchanges it would create.

Health reform has at times been a mess of liberals, conservatives, and moderates dropping their support from opposite sides of the same issues. Add treatment of illegal immigrants to the list.


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