Posted on 02/18/2014 6:09:59 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A California Democrat is looking to extend taxpayer-funded health-care benefits to illegal immigrants.
State Sen. Ricardo Lara of Long Beach introduced legislation late last week that would extend health-care coverage to all Californians “irrespective of immigration status.”
“The purpose of the Health For All Act is simple — provide health care coverage to California’s remaining uninsured by expanding Medi-Cal and creating a new health exchange where the undocumented can purchase coverage,” Lara said in a statement.
Lara added that the fact that Obamacare expressly denies illegal immigrants coverage “hurts the overall health of our communities, and does not reflect California values.”
The legislation, if passed would create the “California Health Benefit Exchange Program for All Californians” which would be run by officials at California’s Obamacare exchange and would extend eligibility for Medi-Cal benefits to illegal immigrants who would qualify if they were legal.
According to Lara’s office, of the 2.3 million illegal immigrants in California, about a million are estimated to be without health-care coverage....
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How many more of these obscenities are we taxpayers expected to take?
heck, why stop there. tell the world we’ll pay for it. heck, tell ‘em we’ll even buy them a puppy or a pony if they want.
And we send Boxer and Feinswine to wine about not being reimbursed for the costs of taking care of these people.
Stabilize. Return to country of origin.
Go for it Californicate ... you’ve got the bucks or the ability to tax the sh!t out of those workers who haven’t left yet.
We’re going bankrupt the country giving free or subsidized healthcare to U.S. citizens and now this morons wants to throw in foreign nationals to help speed up the process.
> Bullsh*t. CA’s ER’s are FILLED with illegal aliens, who use them without charge -to themselves, at least - as primary care facilities for themselves and their children.
How many more of these obscenities are we taxpayers expected to take?
Until the coffers are drained dry and people are burning money in the streets to stay warm. Then Obama will be happy.
Impeach Obama in 2014, PERIOD.
They are not immigrants, they are foreigners. Illegally present foreigners are ILLEGAL ALIENS.
LIARS pervert language.
Obamacare isn’t liberal enough, who knew?
Why would illegals buy healthcare they get for free now?
Is anyone surprised?
American workers will be so happy to pay for others crap even more.....
You and we will take it until our pockets are picked clean. We live with thieves and they will take what we have. The GOP will aid them in doing so.
Well he is after in California. Thing is with dims having a super majority in the legislative branch this will most definitely pass. And Jerry being the good jesuit he is will sign it.
Just another reason to think seriously about leaving the state IF you are still there
Exactly! This is what angers me to no end.
"We have to make illegals LEGAL, so they'll pay taxes"
No. The illegals pay no taxes at all as it stands.
In fact if they have the huevos to file for taxes, they get a juicy EITC check.
Sure, it's under one or more (or THOUSANDS) of stolen SS numbers, but who's counting?
Now, if I were to file multiple returns under fake names and stolen identities, I'd be put in jail.
The thousands of returns sent to Florida under ONE address?
For some reason the IRS just doesn't find that in any way "interesting".
you mean the ERs that are still open. Particularly in southern California many of them have just shut down rather than continue to lose money
Geez, you and I must be reading the same crap cuz we sure think alike.
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