Markey, illegal aliens and health care
According the Pew Hispanic Center 15 percent of the nation’s 47 million uninsured are illegal immigrants as reported in USA Today. That means over 7 million uninsured are illegal immigrants. That’s no news flash. The Left loves to toss around the number of uninsured in United States as a reason for health care “reform,” but with that number comes a lot of illegal immigrants.
Congresswoman Betsy Markey wants health care for EVERYONE, which by definition must include illegal aliens. In a letter asking for physician support during her 2008 campaign against incumbent Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave, Markey wrote:
The United States spends approximately 15% of our GDP on healthcare, and yet 45 million Americans are uninsured and many more underinsured. The current system of coverage is expensive, unsustainable and highly inefficient. We must address how to provide healthcare to everyone in the most efficient and equitable way.
Doctors who endorsed Markey did so because “Markey believes that the most efficient and equitable solution to health-care reform is basic health-care benefits for everyone…”
From my experience, health care coverage for illegal aliens is not a popular position in the 4th CD. Markey responded to a constituent who challenged her about coverage for illegals. According to the Greeley Tribune Markey said “the current [health care] proposals don’t include federal funding for illegal immigrants…” Then she expressed her “hope” that everyone would “take a look at the bill for themselves.”
However, H.R. 3200, the health care legislation currently available for everyone to read on Markey’s Web site, does not exclude coverage for illegal aliens, despite her statement to the contrary.
To be fair, a quick document search reveals that on page 143, section 246, line 3, H.R. 3200 says “NO FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS.” The language immediately following then clarifies, “Nothing in this subtitle shall all Federal payments for affordability credits on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States.
That’s just affordability credits. Other parts of the bill can be interpreted either way. On page 50, section 152, line 21, “PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION IN HEALTH CARE,” the bill states:
Except as otherwise explicitly permitted by this Act and by subsequent regulations consistent with this Act, all health care and related services (including insurance coverage and public health activities) covered by this Act shall be provided without regard to personal characteristics extraneous to the provision of high quality health care or related services.
The public has little reason to trust Congresswoman Markey’s interpretation of the legislation given the pressure put on Congress by special interest groups. Just before the August recess, the House Ways and Means Committee rejected an amendment to require verification of immigration status in order to enroll in a public plan.
La Raza and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) have urged that illegal aliens be included in the legislation. One member of the CHC, recognizing the politics of bill drafting, said:
the organization’s leaders are not asking Speaker Pelosi to “specifically spell something out” in the bill, but instead to seek to ensure that the bill does not actually prohibit illegal aliens from receiving benefits. “We’re pushing to include everyone in the health care bill. Everyone,” the CHC member who asked not to be identified said. “Sometimes if you don’t say something, something happens.”
In other words, make the language vague enough that it can be interpreted either way. Maybe that’s how Markey wants it since she believes we must fund health care for all.
August 23rd, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Even though the Democrats have stated that illegal immigrants, will not have access to Americans health care, it can easily be compromised by fraudulent use of stolen ID. BUT WE ALL SEEM TO FORGET, THAT IF THE DEMOCRATS PASS A PATH TO CITIZENSHIP–OR BLANKET AMNESTY. AS NEW CITIZENS ALONG WITH THEIR EXTENDED FAMILIES. THEY THEN WILL BE ABLE TO CONVENIENTLY ACCESS–HEALTH CARE–WITHOUT ANY RESTRAINTS? NEVER, EVER PAYING A SINGLE PENNY INTO THE SYSTEM.
Everybody in the workplace must be carefully vetted for inconsistencies with a progressively upgraded E-Verify. Even without stealing into the reformed health care system by federal law the taxpayers must support illegal immigrants for emergency medical services. Foreign nationals use this mandatory law, as an excuse for any kind of minor injury or illness.
The travesty that drives the faltering health care system is of course money. Everyday our televisions are monotonously inundated with adverts about new drugs and medicine. Personally I’m sick of the continuous kaleidescope of ads, trying to program our brains to buy another boring antihistamine? We should also question the majority of Republicans, why there are rumors of a dark conspiracy? Could it be that that these people have a cemented interest in killing any type of reform? How many of these politicians have secret stocks in multi-bed hospitals, greedy profiteering insurance firms or the pharmaceutical industry. THE QUESTION THAT MUST BE ASKED IS, WHO HAS VOTED AGAINST A PUBLIC OPTION? WHICH POLITICIANS HAVE A FINANCIAL STAKE IN KILLING ANY REFORM? IS THERE INFORMATION THAT ANSWERS THESE QUESTIONS? THINK ABOUT IT?
My health care experience was mainly in England and Australia and prior to the mass immigration invasion was positively first class. FIRST CLASS AND EXEMPLARY!
Of course the status quo doesn’t want any change in the trillion dollar medical complex, because it could strictly confine a multitude of new common sense laws? Sadly, I have listened to lies sprouting from the special interest lobby over the airwaves for weeks. Trouble is, a majority of the American people believe this tripe that we are constantly bombarded with?
We are still conveying many entitlement programs to illegal aliens and their families, with extorted taxes.We have always been the recipients of business welfare and likely always will be, because the pariah businesses that hire illegals, never pay anything to their support. GET RAW ANSWERS AT NUMBERSUSA Tell those in WASHINGTON no more AMNESTIES. USE ATTRITION TO DEPORT THEM THROUGH E-VERIFY, 287 G, NO MATCH SOCIAL SECURITY LETTERS AND LIGHTENING ICE RAIDS. CONTACT YOUR POLITICIAN 202-224-3121 AND DEMAND NO WEAKENING OF CURRENT LAWS?