Warning: Democrats Push To Give Illegal Aliens Benefits in HealthCare Bill!
Posted on Thursday, November 05 @ 11:20:24 EST
Topic: Democrat Democrats illegal immigration
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Dems get health ready for House vote
Jennifer Haberkorn THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Democratic House leaders are pushing for a final vote on a health care
reform bill scheduled for Saturday with last-minute negotiations
continuing over taxpayer-funded abortions and other contentious issues.
Leaders and at least a handful of pro-life Democrats appear to be
close to a deal on language that would assure them that taxpayers would
not have to pay for abortions, which is the most significant hurdle to
final passage.
The 10-year, $1.2 trillion House bill would establish a
government-run insurance plan, require individuals to obtain insurance
and employers to provide it, and provide tax subsidies to help the poor
and middle class obtain coverage.
Final passage in the House would put President
Obama's goal of reforming the health care system within sight of the
White House. From there, the Senate would have to pass its bill and
then the two pieces of legislation would have to be combined, though
neither is expected to be easy tasks.
It's not clear yet whether Democrats have the votes required to
pass the bill. House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, when asked whether
he has the 218 votes, simply said, "We'll see."
Democrats plan to make final changes to their bill - expected to
include the abortion compromise - by Friday, when the Rules Committee
meets. Chairman Louise M. Slaughter, New York Democrat, said there will
likely be five hours of floor debate and no floor amendments accepted
in a rare Saturday session in the House.
During that time, Republicans hope to be able to offer their reform
plan, released Wednesday, which would allow insurance companies to sell
across state lines, establish high-risk insurance pools and limit
medical malpractice awards. They rebuffed the idea that Democrats would
try to pass the bill with one day of formal debate.
"The idea that Congress would enact a government takeover of
one-sixth of the American economy and debate it for half a working day
would be deeply offensive to the millions of Americans would cherish
limited government," said Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana, chairman of the
House Republican Conference.
There are expected to be conservative Democrats who vote against
the bill over worry that it adds to the debt, allows for
taxpayer-funded abortion or provides illegal immigrants access to the
insurance exchanges.
A group of about 40 pro-life Democrats had threatened to prevent
the House from starting debate on the health care reform bill if the
legislation would allow taxpayer-funded abortions. There are enough
members to successfully do so.
But the compromise, drafted by Rep. Brad Ellsworth, Indiana
Democrat, is likely to appease at least the few required to get enough
votes to start debate. Ms. Slaughter said Wednesday that the plan from
Mr. Ellsworth would be likely be accepted.
Mr. Ellsworth's plan would prevent any taxpayer dollars from
funding payment for an abortion, he said, requiring any payment for the
procedure to circumvent the Treasury Department entirely.
The Congressional Research Service issued a legal advisory that the
compromise would uphold the status quo - that taxpayer funds don't go
toward abortions, which is what nearly all parties say they're trying
to do.
"We don't want the abortion issue to be the issue that derails
health care reform," said Rep. Jim Langevin, Rhode Island Democrat.
But the plan doesn't go far enough for the National Right to Life
Committee, which called it a "money-laundering scam," signaling that it
may not appease all 40 members.
[b]Immigration also threatens to stall health care reform. In recent
days, groups that support a crackdown on illegal immigration have
warned that the House bill would allow people in the country illegally
to get access to the insurance exchanges or other government benefits
provided by the bill.
"If powerful special interests prevail, the final version of a
health care reform bill will have been used to transform immigration
policies as aggressively as it was used to transform the U.S. health
care system itself," said Dan Stein, president of Federation for
American Immigration Reform.
But at least one supporter of expanding health insurance access to
illegal immigrants said Wednesday that preventing access would threaten
his support.
"I would find it extremely difficult to vote for any measure that denies undocumented workers health care," said Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez,
Illinois Democrat. He said undocumented workers should be allowed
access to insurance coverage provided that they get no tax assistance. [/b]
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