Green Introduces Bill to Grant Illegal Aliens Complete Access to Health Care Services

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[Klickitat]

Green Introduces Bill to Grant Illegal Aliens Complete Access to Health Care Services

Rep. Gene Green (D-TX) introduced legislation on Oct. 8 which would allow states and localities to provide taxpayer-funded primary and preventive health care services to all legal and illegal aliens. His bill, H.R. 3273, would amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (welfare reform), which prohibits public hospitals from providing free or discounted preventive services to illegal aliens with state or local funds.

If enacted, this legislation would be a nightmare for taxpayers, who would be forced to foot the bill for medical expenses incurred by illegal aliens. The law already provides these lawbreakers with emergency medical services. Now our lawmakers want to give some 8 to 11 million illegal aliens complete access to our health care system, while many of our nation's citizens remain uninsured and without care.

Contact your elected officials and urge them to oppose H.R. 3273 and all efforts to provide benefits to illegal aliens.

H.R. 3273

To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to allow States and localities to provide primary and preventive care to all individuals. (Introduced in House)

HR 3273 IH

108th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 3273

To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to allow States and localities to provide primary and preventive care to all individuals.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 8, 2003

Mr. GREEN of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to allow States and localities to provide primary and preventive care to all individuals.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PERMITTING STATES AND LOCALITIES TO PROVIDE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE CARE TO ALL INDIVIDUALS.

(a) IN GENERAL- Section 411(b)(1) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1621(b)(1)) is amended by inserting `or for primary and preventive care' after `Act)'.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to primary and preventive care furnished before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

[Klickitat]

I did a search and didn't see this as already posted. If it is I apologize. This is from a fair action alert email. The bill text follows the contents of this section of the email.

[Klickitat]

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[Lancey Howard]

This doesn't have a snowball's chance does it?
I mean, this sick scumbag Gene Green loves to buy votes with other people's money, but the Republicans will tell him to go play in the street, right?

[DoctorMichael]

Has this clown completely lost all touch with reality?

[dougherty]

I loathe Gene Green with a passion. He is the biggest panderer alive and there is no chance of him ever being voted out with his gerrymandered district. Ugghhh.

[Ethyl]

Why don't we just give free medical care to all peoples in Mexico, why stop there?? How about all peoples of South America?? What do you think gene greene? How much of other peoples money do you want to spend?? All of it?? Then what??? Who ever elected this idiot needs to give all their money to Mexico to support those with out care! They are no less than thugs in the street who want to steal our money. Send them all to the pokey in Mexico. gene green bend over.................

[fishbabe]

do i hear the stampeding feet of the entire mexican population heading to our hospitals??????????

[Pearls Before Swine]

That proposal is a better deal than we get. NO way!

[gubamyster]

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[Paulie]

Words fail me to describe the magnitude of the mistake that would be.

[PRND21]

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[texastoo]

"do i hear the stampeding feet of the entire mexican population heading to our hospitals???????"

No, I don't hear any stampeding of feet right now. However, it is not unusal to see a Mexican ambulance on our streets. I have seen them in our ERs.

[calawah98]

If you want to see something that will really make you sick, click on the Fair at the top of this article, click on research, click on immigration in your back yard, find your state, and get the information put out by the census bureau.

Your state is in bad shape, along with California, and the rest of the states are catching up with you on the water supply for the states, along with what it costs to the taxpayer to keep the illegals in our jails and prisons

[janetgreen]

This is outrageous! I know people who pay thousands of dollars every year so they can have medical care for their families. WHY should illegal aliens get it free?

Why aren't we hearing a peep from the White House about illegal immigration and the mess it has brought to America?

I doubt that this bill will pass, but the fact that this Texas idiot is even suggesting it is a death sentence for America.

[janetgreen]

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[abigail2]

Wasn't he paying attention during the recall? How long is this going to go on?

[Dante3]

I might be a sleeper agent. Then again he might be just a psycho or a politician for sale.

[The Wizard]

this crap needs to be stopped

[FITZ]

Has this clown completely lost all touch with reality?

Not really. Go to any county hospital along the border and many of the private hospitals too and you'll see all kinds of people from Mexico getting their free hospital care from American taxpayers. Check out some of the maternity wards ---- you won't likely find an American giving birth in the county hospitals ---- they've pretty much become just for the people from Mexico who like it free.