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  Vigilant Fox  @VigilantFox CNN’s Kaitlan Collins grows visibly irritated on-air as Rep. Jim Jordan calls out Democrats for backing healthcare benefits for illegal immigrants. Collins tried to move on as she sifted through her papers, but Jordan wasn’t letting her off easy. COLLINS: “If premiums jump, people can’t afford it; they don’t have health care. And the burden on people who are sick and need that coverage is higher.” JORDAN: “I’ll tell you what the Democrats want. The Democrats want health care for people who are non-citizens. That’s driving up health care costs too.” COLLINS: “Don’t change the subject.” JORDAN: “No, the subject is you’re talking about health care. And all I know is Maxine Waters said we want health care for illegal immigrants.” COLLINS: “But I’m talking about the subsidies themselves.” JORDAN: “Every single Democrat presidential candidate back in 2020—they asked them, how many of you will support health care for people who are non-citizens, fo...

  Senator Ted Cruz @SenTedCruz · 5h Democrats told our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines that they’re not going to get a paycheck. They’re doing this to give free healthcare to illegal aliens. Giving free healthcare to illegal aliens has got to be one of the worst ideas by a political party.  Illegal aliens should be deported and not given free healthcare. This is another reason why Democrats are polling so poorly.

  Blaze: Trump launches 'TrumpRx' to slash drug prices — and even brings Pfizer on board With his new plan to end 'global price gouging,' Trump forces Big Pharma to the table.  President Trump announced earlier this week his effort aimed at lowering drug costs, which includes the creation of a “TrumpRx” website, where Americans can buy medicine at a discount — and somehow got Pfizer to agree to join him. “The United States is done subsidizing the health care of the rest of the world,” Trump said. “By taking this bold step, we’re ending the era of global price gouging at the expense of American families.” ... This should be especially helpful to those who can't afford healthcare insurance. 

  Daily Caller: No one likes insurance companies (trying to get them to pay a claim is like wrenching a bone out of a dog’s clenched teeth), and now we have another reason to hold them in low regard. The biggest advocate for blowing another $1 trillion hole in the federal budget is the health insurance lobby. The giant insurance companies — including UnitedHealth, Blue Cross, and Humana — are leading what Capitol Hill sources describe as “an unprecedented lobbying blitz to restore hundreds of billions in taxpayer-funded Obamacare and Medicare Advantage subsidies.” This isn’t to help seniors or poor households. Brian Blase, a longtime health care expert who worked in the Trump White House, calculates that most of the reimbursement money wouldn’t financially benefit patients. The premium subsidies would mostly go straight into the bank accounts of the mega insurers. The dirty little secret of the healthcare system since Obamacare was enacted back in 2010 is that the big jackpot winn...

 Blaze: Democrats including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York have constantly claimed that the government shutdown has nothing to do with health care provided to illegal aliens, but one finally admitted the truth. Republicans have used the accusations to hammer Democrats in the media, but Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California said during an interview that the issue was indeed part of the disagreement. ... One assessment estimated that as much as $23.1 billion of federal taxpayer money went toward providing health care to illegal aliens in the U.S. RELATED: FACT-CHECK: Yes, US taxpayers fund health care for illegal aliens Another report said that California was exploiting a loophole in the medical system to have the federal government reimburse billions of dollars to be paid for Medicare for illegal aliens. "The state of California, colluding with insurance companies who cover Medicaid beneficiaries, has created one of the most outrageous ones yet," reads th...

  Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh · 18h JUST IN: Hakeem Jeffries FUMES that President Trump went to a golf event today with his granddaughter, Kai. "Four days away from a government shutdown...Donald Trump is at a golf event?!" "Right now, as we speak! It's OUTRAGEOUS! And WHY are they running?!" He's not mentioning that Trump already rejected Hakeem and Chuck's offer to avert a shutdown because they asked for $1 TRILLION, taxpayer healthcare for illegals and taxpayer-funded trans surgeries for kids. The shutdown is on the Democrats. I do not support spending a trillion dollars on healthcare for illegals and trans surgeries.  While I am not a golfer, I would rather spend time with my granddaughter than listen to Democrats' nonsense. See also: Newt Gingrich @newtgingrich · 18h The Schumer shutdown as a strategy makes no sense. In America’s New Majority Project polling showed decisively that the American people do not want to increase spending. The sam...