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NBC's Savannah Guthrie just asked all 10 presidential candidates to raise their hands if their government plan would provide health care coverage to undocumented immigrants. All of the candidates raised their hands.

The idea that American taxpayers ought to pay for free medical care for anyone who manages to cross our border is mind-bogglingly stupid, guaranteed to drive away the swing voters Democrats need to win the presidency. Yet it received unanimous support last night at the second Democratic presidential debate.  Given the poor state of health of poor people from third-world countries, their per person yearly health care costs would be higher than for the average American, and we can't afford to provide taxpayer-funded health care for all of our own without busting the budget. Moreover, the offer would act as...

President Trump blasted the contestants in the second Democratic presidential debate on Thursday when they all declared their support for health care coverage for undocumented immigrants. All of the candidates - including former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Kamala Harris and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg - raised their hands when asked by an NBC moderator if they would support a health care plan that would cover undocumented immigrants. "All Democrats just raised their hands for giving millions of illegal aliens unlimited healthcare," Trump wrote on twitter from Japan, where he is to attend the G20 Summit. "How about...

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill to expand Obamacare to cover illegal immigrants, but now it’s up to the Obama administration to determine if the nation’s largest state will get an exemption related to a specific promise the president made when trying to sell the health care law. The Golden State will be asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for a “State Innovation Waiver” under Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. This would allow illegal immigrants in the state to purchase private health insurance plans from the California exchange, Covered California,...

Federal law generally bars illegal immigrants from being covered by Medicaid. But a little-known part of the state-federal health insurance program for the poor has long paid about $2 billion a year for emergency treatment for a group of patients who, according to hospitals, mostly comprise illegal immigrants. The lion’s share goes to reimburse hospitals for delivering babies for women who show up in their emergency rooms, according to interviews with hospital officials and studies. The funding — which has been around since the late 1980s and is less than 1 percent of the cost of Medicaid — underscores the...

Betty Balderama should still be alive today. But for this dedicated mom and domestic worker from Oakland, a treatable condition — diabetes — turned out to be a death sentence. Why? Because like over 2 million Californians, Betty was undocumented. Cruelly shut out of the Affordable Care Act by Congress, she had limited access to basic medical care and a fear of crushing financial burdens. Two years ago, Betty died, emaciated, only 55 years old.

Obama states the Healthcare bill will create jobs and will cost less than anticipated. Remember America, the OMB only puts a numerical figure on WHAT is presented to them. NOW we hear of an Immigration Bill brought before Congress by “bi-partisan” Senators. My note here is: In my opinion, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is a RINO; not a true conservative Republican. Either that or he may be a Progressive Republican. National ID cards in order to work? How about a BIRTH CERTIFICATE? or CERTIFIED government documentation? How Orwellian to think we need National ID cards. Then introduced into Congress on...