report 2 -- press secretary Q&A, emergency room care discussion

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt took questions from reporters on the North Lawn driveway for seven minutes following a television appearance.

No real news, but for those following the Medicaid for illegal immigrants issue, an interesting exchange regarding whether emergency room staff should be required to ask for immigration status prior to providing treatment starting at about the 1 min mark. Current law requires hospitals to provide emergency care regardless of ability to pay.

Attached is the otter link. A better recording is probably available on C-SPAN or other places that had a real microphone.

https://otter.ai/u/TA3wUGl9-zupLxvMCRBPQDdsYr8?utm_source=copy_url

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S.V. Dáte

Senior White House Correspondent

HuffPost

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