Obama Says His Health Plan Won’t Include Undocumented Immigrants
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Mike Sunnucks, Phoenix Business Journal, July 25, 2008
Some liberal and left-wing groups are pushing for possible universal health insurance plans to cover the more than 12 million illegal immigrants in the U.S..
But Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s campaign Friday said his universal health plans do not extend to undocumented immigrants.
The Progressive Democrats of America and some Democratic congressional members want to see universal insurance programs, if enacted, to include illegal immigrants.
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There are an estimated 47 million persons on the U.S. without health insurance. Illegal immigrants and their U.S.-born children make up 8.3 million of that uninsured number, according to the Center for Immigration Studies.
Thirteen percent of American citizens do not have health insurance compared to 69 percent of illegal immigrants in Arizona, 70 percent in Texas and 64 percent nationally, according to CIS.
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(Posted on July 29, 2008)
Comments
Of course it won’t. He plans to grant an amnesty to 30 million Hispanics and then they will qulaify under his plan as citizens.
Posted by at 6:24 PM on July 29
Why would an illegal alien even want universal health care coverage? He already gets free medical care for everything from the sniffles to a kidney transplant in the emergency rooms of every hospital in America. Heck, give him universal health care and he might need to wait in line with the rest of us before given everything for free.
Posted by Deporter at 7:15 PM on July 29
During a sound bite session in Iraq Obama said this: We should not have started the war on terror in Iraq. We have domestic terrorists in America and that is where we need our military. We must take care of our own country first.
Now what is the most alarming to me is this: most who read the statement above will not get the seriousness of the subject, waxing on with something to avoid the unpleasant direction we are headed.
Posted by at 8:42 PM on July 29
Frankly, if they don’t give free health care to illegals, then it’s going to take a lot longer to destroy the country.
Once this is explained to the leftist radicals I’m pretty sure they’ll be fighting overtime to see illegals covered.
Posted by q at 8:53 PM on July 29
Where did Obama come from? Wherever it was, that is, whoever put him forward to run for the presidency, knew this guy was one smooth liar.
Posted by Bobby at 9:00 PM on July 29
Okie dokie there obamanation….we believe every word that is trust from your mouth…..NOT….the only ones who (under his plan) who won’t be covered are hard working whites, who through no fault of their own have either lost jobs or have low paying jobs, not to worry tho, all blacks, browns, illegals, and other assorted lice will benefit like they always do!!
Posted by lydia at 9:09 PM on July 29
How do some illegal immigrants, say 31% in Arizona, have health insurance? Are they insured through Blue Cruces of Ciudad Juarez? Let’s face it: NO illegals have usable medical insurance in the U.S. (Who gathered those stats, the Sun-Maid lady?)
Posted by BeenThere at 11:05 PM on July 29
Every time I hear or read the liberal/left assault on plain English it drives me crazy.
There is no such thing as an “undocumented worker.” They are illegal immigrants. Period.
Posted by White, Jewish, and Proud at 11:10 PM on July 29
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“said his universal health plans do not extend to undocumented immigrants”
….in which case our newbie Presidential-wanna-be will simply document the illegals.
Now, I feel insulted.
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Posted by Mike Miller at 12:14 AM on July 30
Let us hope he keeps to his convictions. However, if you legalize/shamnasty the millions of illegal aliens, then they will qualify for the new health benefits. Is that what Senator Obama has in mind?
Posted by Sardonicus at 4:33 PM on July 30
As someone else has said, why should illegals want to be included on a national health plan? They’d be having to wait in line for a year to see the doctor or get care just like the average working white american will have to. As it is now, they get instant care free, they’d be crazy to want to be on a national health plan.
Posted by kc at 8:36 PM on July 30
This is how Obama’s healthcare plane will work. Blacks will yell racism and go to the head of the line, mexicans, illegal or not, will clog the system and there will be long waits but being non-white, the mexicans will yell racism and go ahead of the whites. The well-to-do whites, like Teddy Kennedy or well-to-do blacks, like Obama, will all have good private medical care and wouldn’t be caught dead using a public health system. Average working whites will be waiting a long long time(or dying) before they get any healthcare. That is how it will work. Oh and gas will be taxed to 9 dollars a gallon, state income taxes and sales and property taxes will double or triple to pay for all this “free” healthcare.
Posted by at 10:28 PM on July 30
Whether illegals get in on the big rip-of will depend on how many Hispanicts vote for the BOY Wonder.
Posted by Frank at 4:18 PM on August 5