Arnie to terminate health care benefitsn (YEAH! NO MORE FREE LUNCH LOSERS!)

San Francisco Examiner ^ | 12/19/03 | Alison Soltau

[I_Love_My_Husband]

Arnie to terminate health care benefits

Young moms and concerned doctors on Thursday attacked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's mooted health cuts, saying they could devastate local services for low income, immigrant groups.

The activists accused Schwarzenegger of hypocrisy for running on a campaign of expanding health care coverage for children, then promptly announcing $2 billion in health cuts over two years to help compensate for revenue lost after he repealed the vehicle license fee.

The cuts would hack 10 percent from Medi-Cal and freeze enrollment for all children in the Healthy Families program with separate caps for citizen and undocumented children.

Healthy Families is a scheme providing insurance for 677,000 children from low-income families throughout the state, and the proposed cuts could leave 130,000 children on an insurance waiting list in the first year, according to figures obtained from the state Department of Finance.

Women without legal immigrant standing will lose access to prenatal care, long-term care and treatment for breast and cervical cancer, health groups at a Mission district press conference said. This group is most vulnerable to the cuts, said Gladys Sandlin, executive director of the Mission Health Center. Many illegal women are working multiple jobs to keep their heads above water, she said, and would be most hit by the cuts.

"I'm not asking for charity, Medi-Cal isn't charity," she said."It's a right."

Activists argue that barring low-income immigrants access to the programs won't save the state much cash and will end up costing California more when sick families are forced to resort to the hospital emergency room.

Young single mom Raquel Cardenas is stressed at the thought of her 11-month-old daughter Erely catching this season's virulent strain of flu because the San Francisco Health Plan they rely on may become a casualty of funding cuts.

"It would be devastating for us to have to find our own doctor because I only work part time and I couldn't afford $1,000 bills," she said. "If he cuts us, we'll only be spending more time in the [hospital] emergency room."

[bonesmccoy]

THEY AREN'T ASKING FOR FREE HEALTH CARE!

They're asking for expanded coverage so they can PURCHASE their children private health coverage and get back to work!

WOULD YOU PREFER FOR HISPANICS TO REMAIN ON WELFARE?

[I_Love_My_Husband]

Let me know when they get off of welfare dear. You should see the people in my building. Do they work? No. Do they collect Section 8, have babies constantly (what/who is the father?), live 30 to a room, bring in all kinds of critters, get bilingual education, free lunch, free health care, free legal aid, money for each child they have over the border, and the only reason they have the kids over the border is to get the money.

Maybe I should show you the hallways with dirty diapers left in them? Or the kids running around without supervision? Or the fact that they might be here for 20 years and don't speak a word of english and EXPECT the USA (you and I assuming you are American) to pay for translation services?

Maybe I should show you the jails in SF filled with illegals , or the illegals in the parks selling drugs?

How about the fact that being illegal qualifies you for a low interest guaranteed home loan? Cool, eh?

[I_Love_My_Husband]

You might want to recall the troops. There's been a flare up, see the above person's postings.

[Jennikins]

I voted for Tom McClintock, but I think Arnold is doing a great job. I think he will surprise everyone with his strong stand against the big spenders in Sacramento. I support Arnold all the way.

[pogo101]

Good to hear -- and I suspect most Tom voters feel the same. There are a few diehards who feel obligated to extrapolate every not-conservative syllable uttered by Arnold into The Coming Of Armageddon, however ...

[usadave]

Many illegal women are working multiple jobs to keep their heads above water,

Should read:

Many illegal women are working illegally at multiple jobs to keep their heads above water

[PRND21]

McClintock would have done this and much more.

Now that's funny!

[usadave]

Remember: preventing the spread of infectious diseases protects all of us in the long run. Such is exactly what Healthy Families was constructed to address.

I just wish that our government would do a better job of securing our borders so that those with the infectious diseases weren't getting in and, as a result, infecting Americans with these diseases.

[kstewskis]

His approach to governing will be his approach he has maintained throughout his other ventures (body building, movies, business). To wit: have a plan, stick with it, give it everything he has. These "cuts" will infuriate the communists, socialsist, NannyState worshippers, and bed wetters.

my hero :)

[stopem]

At the risk of sounding like scrooge

"Women without legal immigrant standing" Key word illegal alien lawbreaker's"

I would say to Schwarzenneger, you are doing the right thing.
These people need to go back home to their country and get all their medical problems taken care of there.
No folks it is NOT your right to get healthcare here.

Ouch does that sound bad?

[BlessedBeGod]

"I'm not asking for charity, Medi-Cal isn't charity," she said."It's a right."

Speechless.

[douglas1]

YOU do not have to convince me of the problems we AMERICANS ARE facing I believe its to late ,we have lost this nation the whole state of california will be a toilet, and then they will move inland like locust and destroy everything in their path, I dont think mexico has to many brave men down there if they did they would stay and change their motherland.

[I_Love_My_Husband]

Agreed :)

Merry Christmas to you and your family :)