The Federal Responsibility for Immigrant Health Act (Bill O'Reilly)

foxnews.com ^ | Friday, June 21, 2002 | Bill O'Reilly

[WakeUpChristian]

Hi, I'm Bill O'Reilly. Thanks for watching us tonight.

In just a few moments, Senator Jeff Bingaman will enter the No Spin Zone. But first, the Talking Points Memo, about a new bill that would require Americans to pay for the health care many illegal immigrants, a bill sponsored by Bingaman and Senator John McCain.

[Joy Angela]

If you could tell me why it is fair, I'm willing to listen. It is unfair when millions of Americans have no health insurance for themselves that we American citizens have to pay $24 billion every year to people who sneak into this country when our elderly can't afford prescription drugs. Can you justify that, senator?

I'm trying to buy Health Insurance at this moment, and for *great* coverage it's over $300 a month! But lesser coverage is still over $100 a month, and I must then pay every cost out of pocket! Insurance won't even kick in until I spend $5000 in the year...oh, and if I spend $2500 I get the privledge of paying 30% of every bill!!!

Even an emergency will cost me $2500 just to go in!

And I'm an AMERICAN! What will happen when I'm one day a Senior Citizen? My rate schedule shows that coverage goes up $100+ every 10 years and even MORE if I ever use it! Everytime you "use" your insurance you are subject to Re-writing and that means your rates go up!

Right now I'm healthy, so the Insurance Co. takes my money and runs without really paying for anything.

Why should illegal border-crashers be able to go to the ER for free when citizens can't do that? If we go in the ER will send us a BILL! But the bill for illegals will go to the Taxpayers?

Oh, here's a another FUN insurance fact...Medical Coverage is Null and Void for any Terrorist act or spread of radiation.

I wonder if the Insurance Co.'s just added that exclusion after 9-11?

[Pelham]

Before the folks who think we should just machine-gun 'em at the border weigh in,

I just love the way you "poison the well". Your time at the Carville-Begala School of Rhetoric was well spent.

[brat]

Nor the political will to lose all that cheap labor for their $ buddies.

[doglot]

O'Reilly gets it right sometimes and this is a sometime.

[backhoe]

But the federal government is really us. We pay all the bills.

Yep, he has that right...

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[truth_session]

"Unless we do something significant to control our borders, we're going to have another event with someone waltzing across the borders..."

I'm starting to believe that Congress may in fact want these types of events to occur. After all, the effect would give more excuse for governmental control.

[4America]

I agree. Government wants people to become co-dependent, that way they'll be easier to control.

[truth_session]

Maybe we should leave the country and come back as illegals. We'd get free healthcare and can claim a ton of dependents on our income taxes after we buy our fraudulent id papers and the like. In time Congress will be powerless because all its constituents will have disappeared.

:)

[truth_session]

So true.

[MissAmericanPie]

"Well, that's just bunk. You know that's bunk. We're trying to see that the law is enforced"

Term limits, how do we get term limits? Can we have a nationwide vote on term limits and bypass the Congress and Senate?

[Illbay]

Pelham, I've had conversations here before where the response to me was "we ought to put up barbed-wire and machine gun nests, and just mow 'em down." So I'm not "poisoning the well" so much as posting a "WARNING: POISONED WELL" sign.

[Joy Angela]

I was thinking about my rant last night, and it's just too bad that we have to have Health Insurance at all. The cost's of Medical Care are too high to pay out-of-pocket, as people used to do several decades ago.

The high cost of Medical Care is going to lead to a National Health Plan...and that will make it impossible to get GOOD care on top of the present high costs!

It's a tragedy that we are forced to pay such high premiums for little in return. Yet, the die has been cast. At this point what can a consumer do about it?

Illegals would be able to pay for their own care, if the ER and other services weren't so darn expensive! I used to work in a Hospital Billing department, and the bills were padded with costs like $3 for an Asprin, because the Insurance Co.s have contracts that they will only be billed a percentage of the total cost. A $30,000 stay in the hosptial would be contracted at only 60% of the cost! But Cash patients would be billed for the whole thing!

[Chi-Town Lady]

I agree with you that they do and will continue to show up. However, if they need medical care why can't they be transported to a MEXICAN hospital for care. After all they are Mexican citizens.

[goldilucky]

I do not have health insurance of any kind. It is my contention that most insurance companies are frauds. If I have an injury, I pay it out of my own pocket. Screw the insurance business. They could care less about anybody.

[CIBvet]

Sadly, I believe you're right. It will take another huge loss of life at the hands of some America-Hater before the 'guilty-Liberals' will wake up and realize thieir asses are on the line as well.

[truth_session]

Illegals shouldn't be here in the first place, much less steal our money through the government. But I blame our federal and local governments for stealing from the people who give the reps. the power to do what they do.

Most of our local and federal representatives have failed us on this issue of medical care.

[Joy Angela]

I do not have health insurance of any kind. It is my contention that most insurance companies are frauds. If I have an injury, I pay it out of my own pocket. Screw the insurance business. They could care less about anybody.

As bad as insurance is, Blue Cross has plans that cover hospital stays for only $55 a month. You would have to pay most everything out of pocket, but for the BIG EMERGENCY you'd be covered. I also know of a Smart Care Plan (advertised on KRLA) that will allow you to pay cash, but at the same discount rate insurances get on their bills.

You might want to check it out at www.smartcareplan.com ! You can even get this plan for only $29 a month, with or without Hospital Coverage. Still, together that's less than $100!

That's better than the high rates people pay for complete coverage, plus you are protected for the big stuff.

Money, money...makes the world go round.

[goldilucky]

Thanks but seriously I do not like insurance companies and am doing well without them.