STAT+: House speaker backs emergency care law as GOP targets immigrant medical treatment in shutdown fight
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WASHINGTON \u2014 House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday that Republicans don\u2019t want to change a law requiring hospitals to provide care to any individual experiencing a medical emergency, including immigrants without legal status.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His remarks capped off more than a week of comments from Republican politicians related to the idea of undocumented immigrants receiving medical care. Republicans claim that the Democrats\u2019 government-funding bill would spend hundreds of billions of dollars providing \u201cfree health care for illegals.\u201d It\u2019s one of Republicans\u2019 most consistent arguments in the government shutdown debate.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDemocrats are threatening to shut down the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of dollars of health care benefits to illegal aliens,\u201d Vice President JD Vance said on Sept. 28<\/a>, before the shutdown started, on Fox News Sunday.<\/p>\n Continue to STAT+ to read the full story\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n