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Americans Support Universal Health Coverage, But Not If It Covers Illegal Immigrants

Friday, June 12, 2009

Eighty percent (80%) of U.S. voters oppose providing government health care coverage for illegal immigrants as part of the health care reform package that is working its way through Congress.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 11% disagree and think coverage for illegals is a good idea.

Most voters also oppose making health insurance mandatory for all Americans.

Still, two-thirds (65%) believe that every single American should have access to quality health care. Twenty-two percent (22%) disagree, and 12% are not sure. These numbers remain largely unchanged since President Obama first proposed such coverage earlier this year.

While most Americans support the idea of providing quality health care coverage for all Americans, they overwhelmingly oppose such a proposal if it also includes coverage for illegal immigrants. Only 20% favor a proposal for universal health care if illegal immigrants are included. Seventy percent (70%) are against such a proposal.

But, as is often the case, there’s a wide division between Mainstream America and the Political Class on this question. The Political Class is evenly divided on the question of a universal health care plan that includes coverage for illegal immigrants. Those with populist or Mainstream views are overwhelmingly opposed.

The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that up to 22% of the 46 million people in America without health insurance are illegal immigrants.

Roughly nine-out-of-10 conservatives oppose providing coverage for illegals, even in the context of a plan that provides quality health care for all Americans. Liberals are evenly divided over such coverage if it’s part of a universal plan.

The public gives mixed reviews to the details of a proposed universal health care plan that have emerged so far from congressional Democrats.

A key sticking point is whether the government should create its own insurance plan to compete with private health insurers.

Americans are very closely divided on that idea. It will be interesting to see if those numbers change now that the president has begun championing the idea this week.

Support for health care reform has slipped slightly as more voters think President Obama should work harder on his promise to cut the federal deficit in half in the next four years.

Sixty-six percent (66%) of voters nationwide say it is very important for the government to improve its enforcement of the borders and reduce illegal immigration, but just 32% of America’s Political Class agrees.

A majority of voters also favor strict government sanctions on employers who hire illegal immigrants. Yet despite reports that the president plans to begin a push for immigration reform, voters rank it fifth out of five priorities he has proposed this year.

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I just read someone's post about 9% of income went to national health insurance in a country with universal coverage.

FREE HEALTH CARE IS NOT FREE. The working class will pay for those who do not work. The government will decide if you need treatment or if treatment is too expensive for older Americans with few working years left. This is a VERY BAD idea.
The Obamanation will make slaves of all workers. We work to feed the beastly machine.
The machine decides who goes to school (Dept. of Education has taken over student loans)
The machine decides who gets mortgages or other loans (bank control)
The machine decides who gets adequate health care. (health reform)
The machine decides that foreign invaders can steal American citizen jobs (amnesty)
The machine will tell us where to live, what kind of car to buy, where or if our kids get into college, and when we are sick enough to see the doctor they choose for us.

I say, "NO" ! to undocumented children getting FREE MEDICAL Exclamation

On the Washington Journal the other day someone said they are going to give undocumented kids free medical.

Is this not our answer? The Congress is trying to give our money to non-citizens.

Every US Citizen needs to be calling and commenting to Congress.

How are we going to afford it? And this lessens the coverage and raises the cost for ALL US CITIZENS.

When an illegal is in the ER, ICE needs to get to the hospital, and the immigrants should be deported. Idea Every agency that gets taxpayer money or anyone that gets tax credits or deductions of any kind must be required to report every immigrant: legal or illegal.

[b]I believe every human being on the planet should have access to quality health care, but health care is not a “human rightâ€