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nable. According to the rule declared by the administration on Thursday "Self-attestation of citizenship and identity is no longer an acceptable practice."

This new provision is part of the Deficit Reduction Act, signed by President Bush on Feb. 8. As Representative Charlie Norwood, Republican of Georgia, a principal author of the requirement said, this is meant to stop the "theft of Medicaid benefits by illegal aliens."

In an unusual preamble to the new rule, the Bush administration said it believed that Congress had intended to exempt Medicaid beneficiaries who were also receiving Medicare or Supplemental Security Income.

A spokesman for Representative Norwood, has said that the final rule "appears to provide an appropriate degree of flexibility" to Medicaid beneficiaries and to states.

Ronald F. Pollack, the executive director of Families U.S.A., a consumer group working with plaintiffs in the court case, said: "The exemption of seniors and people with severe disabilities from the citizenship verification requirement is a commendable development. But many other people who need health care the most and can't come up with the required documentation — such as foster children and homeless people — may still lose Medicaid coverage and join the ranks of the uninsured. This should be corrected."


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