Posted on 07/18/2009 3:38:01 PM PDT by Starman417
There's several articles that don't seem to be gaining traction in the media in this health care debate that is all the rage of late. In the span of three approximate years of the Romney universal health care plan he deposited on the state prior to playing "conservative" in the GOP primaries, they've already begun to ration the health care due to exploding and unsustainable costs.
First to be cut? 30,000 *legal* immigrants. Well now, don’t that bode well for the liberal/progressive mantra.
The new state budget in Massachusetts eliminates health care coverage for some 30,000 legal immigrants to help close a growing deficit, reversing progress toward universal coverage just as Congress looks to the state as a model for overhauling the nation’s health care system.The affected immigrants, permanent residents who have had green cards for less than five years, are now covered under Commonwealth Care, a subsidized insurance program for low-income residents that is central to the groundbreaking health care law enacted here in 2006.
Critics of the cut, which would save an estimated $130 million, say it unfairly targets taxpaying residents and threatens the state’s health care experiment at a critical time.
“It either sends the message that health care reform cannot be done, period,” said Eva Millona, executive director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition, “or it opens the door to doing it halfway and excluding immigrants from the process.”
Gov. Deval Patrick has proposed restoring $70 million to the program, which would partly restore the immigrants’ coverage. But legislative leaders have balked, saying vital programs for other groups would have to be cut as a result. The cut, which would affect only nondisabled adults from 18 to 65 years old, would take effect in August unless the legislature approves Mr. Patrick’s proposal.
“The governor has made a very good and compelling case relative to providing for legal immigrants,” Robert A. DeLeo, the speaker of the State House of Representatives, said Monday. “On the other hand, there is only so much money that we have.”
The Romney health care law did "succeed" in one way. Since it's implementation, MA has the lowest uninsured population, with only 2.6% uninsured, compared with a national average of 15%....
.... for a while, that is. And at rapidly increasing premiums to the insured.
And the legal immigrants cut? They have a double whammy because they do not qualify for other federal aid, including Medicaid.
Is this what Congress has in mind? It must be, because the Kennedy/Dodd health plan was modeled after the MA universal health plan, despite it's proof that government costs for health care have increased 42% in it's short life span thus far, and sits at 33% above the national average.
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Not this person — no way do I want Romney anywhere near the White House. I love the comment from the article: playing “conservative” in the GOP primaries
Tried to tell people way ahead of the primary that Romney was not a conservative and was pretending to be one. When he touted his health care, I would say he removed all doubt — a conservative would never tout universal health care IMHO.
Only in the state run media and RINO RNC polls.
Agree. I tried to say the same about Arnold. Oh no, the terminator is it. First clue, look who he is married too.
A shame all of that time and work to get rid of Gray Davis and then they turn around and elect Arnold.
You keep electing the same or same type people you are going to get more of the same or worse.
Legal, taxpaying immigrants. A lesson to those who are legal residents of the USA and who do not try to go on the path of citizenship after 5 years: Taxation without representation will never bode well for you. My mom found that out the hard way.
I think we are seeing a worse case scenario in the WH.
Yes we are.
Bump
My whole point was that we should not be letting people immigrate here who cannot take care of themselves in the first place.
“My whole point was that we should not be letting people immigrate here who cannot take care of themselves in the first place.”
sure, thats easy to agree on. but once you create a socialized health system that destroys private companies what other options do they have.
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