Thread: Waxman: No Gov't Health Insurance for Illegals

Waxman: No Gov't Health Insurance for Illegals
Waxman says the Democrats' health care reform bill unveiled Thursday contains a "verification status" check if anyone is to receive any federal health care subsides

By Chad Pergram

FOXNews.com

Thursday, October 29, 2009

WASHINGTON -- The House's health care reform bill runs 1,990 pages and. It's filled with gullies and eddies of arcane, cryptic language that are hard to understand.

But one of the chief architects of the measure wants to be clear about one provision: "No government funds will be used to pay for illegal immigrants to get health care coverage," said House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA).

Waxman points out that the Democrats' health care reform bill unveiled Thursday contains a "verification status" check if anyone is to receive any federal health care subsides.

But there's a distinction between illegal immigrants being eligible for government-run components of the health care legislation versus what they would be permitted to purchase from private insurance providers.

"Yes," exclaimed Waxman when a reporter asked the California Democrat if he personally thought illegal immigrants should be permitted to purchase health insurance. "Can they buy a car? They're people doing business in the U.S."

Coverage for illegal immigrants is one of the most vexing questions in the health care reform debate . But from Waxman's vantage point, it's alright for illegal immigrants to participate in the proposed health care reform regime, so long as their care isn't subsidized.

"Should an illegal immigrant be allowed to drive down the Dulles Toll Road, paid for by federal dollars?" Waxman asked, referring to a major highway that links the nation's capital with Dulles International Airport in suburban Virginia. "Should illegal immigrants be allowed to buy health insurance from a private insurance company?"

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) says he expects the House of Representatives to vote on the health care reform bill no earlier than Thursday, November 5.

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But one of the chief architects of the measure wants to be clear about one provision: "No government funds will be used to pay for illegal immigrants to get health care coverage," said House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA).

Waxman also said there were no pork products in the Stimulus bill. Perhaps we can have him sign a contract stating that if he lied about illegals getting health care via our taxes, he personally will pay for them. sarcasm.

BS. There are many definitions of illegal alien. I was watchin Neal Cavuot and he had a speed reader on and he said that you have to look up many different codes to define who is and isn't illega.

I don't buy this either. He's just trying to further the agenda of passing a bill. Afterall, the media doesn't follow-up well on most politican's statements that later prove to be untrue.

I hate to be cynical but I don't believe a dang thing that comes out of a politician's mouth these days. Furthermore, as it concerns his question about where an illegal alien should be able to drive...the ONLY place they should be able to drive is out of our nation...and they should have to abandon the vehicle and any of their illegally gotten gains, the same as they do to many AMERICAN criminals, and they should be sold at auction to repay the American people for all they've stolen from us. I'm sick, sick, sick of these illegal aliens AND their supporters!!

As I understand it, the insurance pool the illegals would be allowed to participate in is subsidized by taxpayers. So, NO they shouldn't be allowed to purchase insurance that is subsidized by American citizens.