Who is the dingbat that yelled at President Obama “You lie,” during his speech tonight to the joint session of Congress.
He is usually known as “Lyin’ Joe Wilson,” aka Joe Wilson (born July 31, 1947). He is a Republican politician from the state of South Carolina, currently representing the state’s 2nd congressional district, in the U.S. House of Representatives. The district is based in the state capital, Columbia, and stretches to the resort towns of Beaufort and Hilton Head Island.
Wilson yelled out after President Obama assured the American people that illegal immigrants would not be covered in the health care reform. [Wikipedia]
FactCheck.org on August 28, 2009 maintains that illegal immigrants are not covered, calling the allegation “not true.”
False: Illegal Immigrants Will Be Covered
One Republican congressman issued a press release claiming that“5,600,000 Illegal Aliens May Be Covered Under Obamacare,” and we’ve been peppered with queries about similar claims. They’re not true. In fact, the House bill (the only bill to be formally introduced in its entirety) specifically says that no federal money would be spent on giving illegal immigrants health coverage:
H.R. 3200: Sec 246 — NO FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS
Nothing in this subtitle shall allow Federal payments for affordability credits on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States.
Also, under current law, those in the country illegally don’t qualify for federal health programs. Of interest: About half of illegal immigrants have health insurance now, according to the nonpartisan Pew Hispanic Center, which says those who lack insurance do so principally because their employers don’t offer it.
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