As Democrats continue playing politics with your hard-earned tax dollars, let’s be clear on why we’re here.

Democrats are blocking House Republicans’ plan to keep the government open because they’re demanding radical carve-outs, including free health care and special benefits for illegal immigrants. In Subsection E of their counterproposal, they’ve explicitly requested:

• Medicaid coverage for illegal immigrants, even paying more for their emergency care than for American seniors, children, or disabled patients;
• Reinstating Obamacare subsidies for non-citizens that low-income American citizens cannot access;
• Preserving California’s gimmick to funnel Medicaid dollars into its “illegals-only” program.

That’s the real fight: Democrats are willing to shut down government services for you and your family in order to guarantee taxpayer-funded benefits for people here illegally. This is unacceptable.

Here’s what a shutdown means for Florida families, seniors, students, veterans, and small businesses.

• Social Security & Medicare

Social Security checks will still go out. Applications, appeals, benefit changes, and card replacements will continue.

Some services—like benefit verifications, third-party requests, and corrections unrelated to benefits—will pause.

Medicare and Medicaid payments will continue, but it may be harder to reach someone for help due to staff furloughs. Continue reading →