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Napolitano Promotes Cross-Border Partnerships to Create Jobs
July 13th, 2007 @ 7:39am
by Doug Ramsey/KTAR

While in Mexico this week, Governor Janet Napolitano promoted cross-border business partnerships, which she hopes will stifle the flow of illegal immigrants.

The idea centered on a border health care region, where government-insured Arizonans could take advantage of lower cost medical care in Mexico. This in turn would create more jobs south of the border.

Governor Napolitano heard the proposal at an economic conference this week in Sonora.

"If you increase job opportunities in Mexico, theoretically, you should decrease the illegal immigration pressure on our border," Napolitano said.

But Napolitano doubts providers like Medicare and Access would pay for medical care outside of the U.S.

"I think for a number of reasons, that won't fly," she said. But Napolitano did say she could "see doing something jointly on training health care workers that could be cross certified on both sides of the border."

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Originally Posted by Nouveauxpoor

Napolitano Promotes Cross-Border Partnerships to Create Jobs
July 13th, 2007 @ 7:39am
by Doug Ramsey/KTAR

While in Mexico this week, Governor Janet Napolitano promoted cross-border business partnerships, which she hopes will stifle the flow of illegal immigrants.

The idea centered on a border health care region, where government-insured Arizonans could take advantage of lower cost medical care in Mexico. This in turn would create more jobs south of the border.

Governor Napolitano heard the proposal at an economic conference this week in Sonora.

"If you increase job opportunities in Mexico, theoretically, you should decrease the illegal immigration pressure on our border," Napolitano said.

But Napolitano doubts providers like Medicare and Access would pay for medical care outside of the U.S.

"I think for a number of reasons, that won't fly," she said. But Napolitano did say she could "see doing something jointly on training health care workers that could be cross certified on both sides of the border."

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Ummmmm Janet?

Jobs in Mexico for who? Obviously you are not speaking of American citizens so on to the next question............

Government paid health insurance across the border for what "uninsured Arizonans" who would be filling these jobs n Mexico? Again, obviously you are not talking about American citizens here either so we'll just skip forward to.....................

Damned right the idea won't fly.....one of the "number of reasons" being that U.S. taxpayers are not going to pay for free healthcare for Mexicans living in Mexico. That luxury can just be paid for by their own government and/or the companies that are moving there for their cheap labor, mkay?


Moving on to your next bright idea..............