Requiring birth certificates or passports for Medicaid. Robert Centor has strong opinions on this:
This is an interesting issue. Part of the Deficit Reduction Act stipulates that Medicaid beneficiaries must ““prove” citizenship. Proof of citizenship requires either a valid passport or a birth certificate. Now while this standard seems rather easy and straightforward for most of us, consider the average Medicaid recipient. Few have passports. Many have no easy access to their birth certificates.
Several analyses show that few illegal aliens receive Medicaid. So this requirement likely only attacks citizens.
