FACT CHECK: Romney didn’t OK new benefits for illegal immigrants

By FactCheck.Org

Contrary to Gov. Rick Perry's claim, Mass. 2006 health care law included no coverage for illegal immigrants

Excerpts from this story referencing "care law":

"… tration — and both told us there is no difference between the pre-health care law program and post-law program as it relates to illegal immigrants.Romney ha …"

"… illegals into the state.”Now, Perry is criticizing Romney for the health care law that he signed in 2006. Perry’s website, however, falsely claims that …"

"… old Uncompensated Care Pool affected illegal immigrants. The state health care law did add “much stronger accountability provisions” to the safety net, a …"

"… in, Lischko and Rosman all told us that, overall, the Massachusetts health care law didn’t give anything new to illegal immigrants that they didn’t have b …"

Court weighs making health coverage a fact of life

By The Associated Press

As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to debate a health care mandate, here's how seven Americans are affected

Excerpts from this story referencing "care law":

"… see the insurance requirement as the linchpin of Obama's health care law: Take away the mandate and the wheels fall off.Politically it was a wobbly …"

"… said Tom O'Connor, a consultant in Fairfax, Va., who thinks thehealth care law overreaches. "It's a little more difficult to move to another country."Man …"