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Medical help for illegal immigrants could haunt Mitt Romney
LA Times ^
| 10/23/2011
| Noam N. Levey
Posted on 10/23/2011 8:25:37 PM PDT by South40
On the Republican campaign trail, he derides any such public aid. But the healthcare law he signed as Massachusetts governor allows it.
Reporting from Washington The Massachusetts healthcare law that then-Gov. Mitt Romney signed in 2006 includes a program known as the Health Safety Net, which allows undocumented immigrants to get needed medical care along with others who lack insurance.
Uninsured, poor immigrants can walk into a health clinic or hospital in the state and get publicly subsidized care at virtually no cost to them, regardless of their immigration status.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
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posted on
10/23/2011 8:25:40 PM PDT
by
South40
To: South40
If I were king, I wouldn’t allow this, except to save a life, unless there was a quid pro quo with Mexico (or wherever they came from).
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posted on
10/23/2011 8:27:01 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(There's gonna be a Redneck Revolution! (See my freep page) [rednecks come in many colors])
To: South40
Wow! This guy’s got a lot of gall to go after anyone on illegal immigration.
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posted on
10/23/2011 8:29:50 PM PDT
by
lquist1
To: South40
Now that's something Perry can exploit ~ just advertise to the illegals in Texas that Massachusetts gives free medical care to illegals so they can all go there.
Revenge is a dish best served cold!
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posted on
10/23/2011 8:30:14 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: HiTech RedNeck
Unfortunately there is no quid pro quo. A neighbor and her elderly father were dropped off a cruise ship in Cabo because the man was ill. Four days and $6000 later they released him and they were able to go home.
Mexico extorts and exploits all they can get from their northern neighbor. And we're just foolish enough to let it happen.
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posted on
10/23/2011 8:31:52 PM PDT
by
South40
(Heartless since 1957)
To: South40
In GA the illegals just use the ER like a doctor’s office.
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posted on
10/23/2011 8:33:08 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: Georgia Girl 2
Same in CA. That’s why the closest ER to my house had to close years back and why the only one left is so crowded an average visit turns into a 12 hour event.
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posted on
10/23/2011 8:35:30 PM PDT
by
South40
(Heartless since 1957)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
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posted on
10/23/2011 8:37:05 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: muawiyah
Now that's something Perry can exploit ~ just advertise to the illegals in Texas that Massachusetts gives free medical care to illegals so they can all go there.The Supreme Court says you have to provide education and medical expense regardless of status. Here in AZ we've been complaining about this for years. It's almost destroyed most hospitals, they just go to the ER for whatever ails them. They've even taken to calling an ambulance to make sure they get accepted quicker then the people sitting around with broken arms etc.
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posted on
10/23/2011 8:41:09 PM PDT
by
McGavin999
("Make what Americans buy, Buy what Americans make, and sell it to the world" Perry 2012)
To: McGavin999
The Screams did it with Congress’ legislation. Can the legislation be changed to push back on these abuses?
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posted on
10/23/2011 8:46:23 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(There's gonna be a Redneck Revolution! (See my freep page) [rednecks come in many colors])
To: muawiyah
Now that's something Perry can exploit ~ just advertise to the illegals in Texas that Massachusetts gives free medical care to illegals so they can all go there. Why should they? Perry's ready to give them bi-national healthcare and a college education, given the chance. Rick simply has no maneuver room when it comes to beating Romney over the head for coddling illegals. A pox on both their houses.
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posted on
10/23/2011 8:46:40 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(Rick Perry engages in corporate welfare via Texas TEF/ETF)
To: SunkenCiv; All
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posted on
10/23/2011 8:47:47 PM PDT
by
South40
(Heartless since 1957)
To: South40
The good news here is that since we passed that tough anti immigration bill the illegals are leaving in droves. Its like a miracle.
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posted on
10/23/2011 8:53:57 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: South40
Both Perry and Romney have been shown to support illegal immigration in the past. The media is forcing us to choose one of these RINOs as the nominee.
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posted on
10/23/2011 8:54:42 PM PDT
by
pulaskibush
(Thou shalt tax/steal from Peter to help Paul/Pablo is not in the Bible!)
To: pulaskibush
The media is forcing us to choose one of these RINOs as the nominee.How so? I'm supporting a candidate who has a real chance of winning the nomination and unlike Perry & Romney he doesn't support ILLEGAL aliens. I'm supporting Herman Cain and the media can't stop me.
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posted on
10/23/2011 9:02:39 PM PDT
by
South40
(Heartless since 1957)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Sure, all congress has to do is pass a law, but you know how that goes.
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posted on
10/23/2011 9:07:06 PM PDT
by
McGavin999
("Make what Americans buy, Buy what Americans make, and sell it to the world" Perry 2012)
To: Georgia Girl 2
I am envious. California's moronic leadership is no better than that of Texas. The leftist-lature and Gov. Moonbeam just passed and signed its own version of a DREAM Act that will cost untold millions that the state does not have and the taxpayers cannot afford.
Fiscal irresponsibility is the order of the day in this cesspool of liberalism.
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posted on
10/23/2011 9:08:33 PM PDT
by
South40
(Heartless since 1957)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Basically they had no business ruling on that at all. There is nothing in the Constitution that says anyone has to pay for education or healthcare. Now, you can’t let someone lay dying in the street, but there is a difference between that and treating everyone and their 10 kids for the sniffles in an emergency room.
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posted on
10/23/2011 9:09:45 PM PDT
by
McGavin999
("Make what Americans buy, Buy what Americans make, and sell it to the world" Perry 2012)
To: McGavin999
Something, doubtless, about whether a Federally funded benefits program can choose between legals and illegales.
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posted on
10/23/2011 9:38:37 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(There's gonna be a Redneck Revolution! (See my freep page) [rednecks come in many colors])
To: South40
Uninsured, poor immigrants can walk into a health clinic or hospital in the state and get publicly subsidized care at virtually no cost to them, regardless of their immigration status. Doesn't this happen everywhere, including Texas?
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posted on
10/23/2011 9:59:24 PM PDT
by
Netizen
(Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
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