i'm not aware of fingerprints for medicade. there are documentation requirements for medicade. that goes to your question on the status as a legal permanent resident. a number of documents confirm your identity because a thing like a passport or a drivers license have a photo. >> except that if you don't see the person, how do you know the photo is correct? let me give you an example. i remember watching 60 minutes, several years ago -- birth certificates and death certificates are not cross referenced in states. ok? let's just say for instance somebody dice. and we have all had these case ns our offices where somebody's social security benefit gets cut off. we call them our lazarus cases because they really dment die. all kind of position good on because they don't coordinate the death and birth certificates. somebody gets a birth certificate and they fill it out. how do we know this isn't being done? they have a valid birth certificate. >> there are ways around the system. of course that is illegal. so if you apply for federal benefits, i'm unfamiliar with all the statutes, b