Washington, DC – If you get your healthcare benefits from the New Jersey marketplace, your costs are increasing by as much as 20% next year. One New Jersey senator wants to further compound that problem and have taxpayers subsidize free benefits for illegal aliens.

Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA) reintroduced legislation aimed at removing barriers that prevent millions of immigrants from accessing health coverage in the United States.

The Health Equity and Access under Law (HEAL) for Immigrant Families Act would restore access to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for federally authorized immigrants by eliminating the five-year waiting period and expanding eligibility. It would also end the ex

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