DAN STEIN - FAIR - Federation for American Immigration Reform - RESPONDS TO LA RAZA DEMAND FOR HEALTHCARE FOR 40 MILLION ILLEGALS

AS A NATION, WE WITNESSED ON CAMERA ANOTHER ONE OF OBAMA’S LIES. THAT THE LA RAZA DEMS’ HEALTH-CARE PLAN DID NOT INCLUDE ILLEGALS!

LA RAZA DICTATES TO THE LA RAZA DEMS, PELOSI, REID, FEINSTEIN, BOXER AND CERTAINLY OBAMA, FURTHER EXPANSION OF THE MEXICAN WELFARE STATE.
LA RAZA ALSO HAS TOLD THE LA RAZA DEMS THERE IS TO BE NO COUNTING OF ILLEGALS IN 2010 CENSUS. IT IS URGENT FOR THE MEXICAN OCCUPATION THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DO NOT REALLY KNOW THAT THE “12 MILLION” ILLEGALS, PER WASHINGTON’S PROPAGANDA, ARE REALLY 40 MILLION AND STILL HOPING THE BORDER FAST! EVEN AS UNEMPLOYMENT SOARS.
OBAMA’S NON-TRANSPARENT PLAN IS AMNESTY = ILLEGALS’ VOTES, AND A SECOND TERMS DESPITE HIS WALL STREET ASSOCIATED CORRUPTION.

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Dan Stein is president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR).
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Opposing view: Don’t let them buy policies
Insurance for illegal immigrants means longer waits, higher costs.
By Dan Stein
On the surface, it seems logical to allow illegal aliens to purchase health insurance through an exchange that would be established under the House-approved reform bill. Upon closer examination, however, there are many good reasons to bar illegal aliens from it.
The exchange would be indirectly subsidized, maintained and managed by a massive federal bureaucracy estimated by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to cost $41 billion to $51 billion over 10 years. Even if illegal aliens pay their own premiums, they are still accessing a government run "store" subsidized by American taxpayers.
Uncompensated care for illegal aliens already costs taxpayers $11 billion a year. Extending health insurance to illegal aliens would be even more expensive. CBO concluded "that for most preventive services, expanded utilization leads to higher, not lower, medical spending overall."
Greater utilization by illegal aliens could impact health care quality for all Americans, resulting in longer waits at the doctor's office and reduced access to services. Thus far, no Capitol Hill hearings have addressed this possibility.
Allowing illegal aliens to participate in the exchange would create yet another powerful magnet for illegal immigration. If non-legal residents can obtain coverage, people needing expensive care would come here, purchase low-cost policies through the exchange and utilize medical services that far exceed what premiums cover, thereby raising costs for everyone else.
Permitting illegal aliens to access the exchange would also further accommodate their presence in the USA, creating additional arguments for a mass amnesty. Amnesty advocates would contend that access to the exchange is tantamount to government acceptance of their presence in the USA.
The very fact that coverage for illegal aliens has become a part of the health care debate underscores the failure of our immigration policies. We are allowing into the USA millions who cannot provide for their own needs.
The best option of all would be to reinvigorate meaningful enforcement that reduces the number of illegal aliens in the country and require skills-based immigration.
Dan Stein is president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR).