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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 740189" data-attributes="member: 12952">Illinois Spends $55 Mil To&nbsp; Insure Illegal ImmigrantsA universal children’s health insurance program created by Illinois’&nbsp; corrupt former governor is covering mostly illegal immigrants and&nbsp; costing taxpayers tens of millions of dollars amid a perplexing $13&nbsp; billion state budget deficit.About 75% of the children enrolled in the All Kids Health Care&nbsp; program (also known as KidCare) are illegal aliens and the annual cost&nbsp; of covering them is nearly $55 million, according to a state audit of&nbsp; the 5-year-old insurance program. The findings, issued recently by the&nbsp; Illinois State Auditor General, are detailed in a <a href="http://www.auditor.illinois.gov/Audit-Reports/Performance-Special-Multi/Performance-Audits/10-All-Kids-Hlth-Ins-Pgm-digest.pdf" target="_blank">14-page&nbsp; report</a> that’s been largely ignored by the mainstream&nbsp; media.It reveals that two-thirds of the 71,665 children enrolled in&nbsp; the program in 2009 are undocumented immigrants. Illinois&nbsp; taxpayers dished out an astounding $54.9 million to provide them with&nbsp; medical insurance that year alone and there’s no telling what future&nbsp; tabs will be as the enrollees grow.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 740189, member: 12952"] [B]Illinois Spends $55 Mil To Insure Illegal Immigrants[/B] A universal children’s health insurance program created by Illinois’ corrupt former governor is covering mostly illegal immigrants and costing taxpayers tens of millions of dollars amid a perplexing $13 billion state budget deficit. About 75% of the children enrolled in the All Kids Health Care program (also known as KidCare) are illegal aliens and the annual cost of covering them is nearly $55 million, according to a state audit of the 5-year-old insurance program. The findings, issued recently by the Illinois State Auditor General, are detailed in a [URL='http://www.auditor.illinois.gov/Audit-Reports/Performance-Special-Multi/Performance-Audits/10-All-Kids-Hlth-Ins-Pgm-digest.pdf'][COLOR=black][B]14-page report[/B][/COLOR][/URL] that’s been largely ignored by the mainstream media. [B]It reveals that two-thirds of the 71,665 children enrolled in the program in 2009 are undocumented immigrants.[/B] Illinois taxpayers dished out an astounding $54.9 million to provide them with medical insurance that year alone and there’s no telling what future tabs will be as the enrollees grow. [/QUOTE]

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