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Hospitals Would Report Social Security Recipients’ Immigration Status Under New Bill

A top conservative legislator in the U.S. House of Representatives is pushing a bill to require hospitals to report the immigration status of Social Security recipients after allegations of illegal immigrants and unlawful residents have risen in recent years.

The Illegal Alien Reporting Act, introduced by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, would “amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require hospitals participating in Federal health care programs to report certain information related to immigration status.”

“For too long, Washington has ignored the financial impact that illegal immigration has on our nation’s health care system,” Roy told the Daily Signal. “Taxpayers deserve an honest accounting of how federal health care dollars are being used and whether hospitals are bearing costs associated with treating those who are in the country illegally.”

As stated in the bill, hospitals who do not meet the requirements outlined in the legislation will be exempt from participating in any........

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