Immigration Reform Proposal Does Not Include Healthcare.

CQ (1/29, Bunis, Subscription Publication) reports, "The estimated 11 million illegal immigrants living in the United States probably would still not qualify for federal health care benefits under an immigration policy overhaul proposed by a group of senators Monday." After outlining the bipartisan proposal, the article notes that "one of the bullet points in the proposal says: 'Current restrictions preventing non-immigrants from accessing federal public benefits will also apply to lawful probationary immigrants.'" This means "that anyone under the probationary status would not be eligible for Medicare, Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program."