Obama healthcare plan apparently covers illegal aliens

Posted Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:24 am

After it was released, I searched through Obama's healthcare plan for anything relating to immigration matters. I didn't find anything that set off any alarm bells and there were a few things that seemed to indicate that at least part of it was only for those eligible. On the other hand, he spoke yesterday in Green Bay, Wisconsin and said [1] among other things this:

All we're saying is for the 46 million people who don't have health insurance, or for people who've got health insurance, like you, who are self-employed but the premiums and the deductibles are so high that you almost never get prevention services -- you've put off going to a doctor until you're really sick because of the out-of-pocket expenses -- let's change some of those incentives so that we get more people getting prevention, more people getting health care to keep them healthy, as opposed to just treating them when they get sick.

As discussed in the August 2008 post "Census Bureau releases 2007 poverty/lack of health insurance numbers: watch out for liars", millions of that "46 million" are either legal immigrants or illegal aliens. In any case, a good percentage of the "46 million" figure that Obama is using are here illegally. And, a month before, I failed to get confirmation from Obama's healthcare advisor David Cutler that the then-current proposal was only for U.S. citizens.

Great intellectual that he is, I'm sure that Barack Obama will one of these days either stop using the wrong numbers or will admit that his plan includes illegal aliens. We just need to wait for it.

[1] whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/
Remarks-by-the-President-in-Town-Hall-Meeting-on-Health-Care-in-Green-Bay-Wisconsin

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Comments

Mary (not verified)

Fri, 06/12/2009 - 18:32

#1-He doesn't have to put illegal aliens in because he will make them citizens very soon. #2- If you are a Right Wing Extremist ,( AKA opposing his fascist philosophies,) look forward to being put in the back of the health care line. #3- Age will determine whether you are deserving of any treatment at all, so all those of the 'Greatest Generation' who helped preserve this country...Thanks for Nuthin'!!!

Fred Dawes (not verified)

Sat, 06/13/2009 - 15:40

Its what old Hitler did Mary! when obama makes 100 million new monkeys citizens and the new monkeys will have all the muscle he will need to enforce his political Red IDEALS ON US ALL At the point of some hispaic cops gun. At that point all oath's are off and we can act like free people fighting for are country once more, you do understand what i mean? if you don't good. take no action against rats until that action can be with others in a fight for freedom against a politcal idea that is so against freedom it stinks in the day light and in the sun the smell of obama will tell people what that monkey really is.

jvilla (not verified)

Mon, 08/17/2009 - 17:51

obamas plan will lure another 50 million illegals to come for the free health plan of obama. if you give something for free they will come in the millions. every sick child from south america and mexico will come with their children to get free medical health insurance. do you know how pitifuls medical is in mexico. look at houston, texas they are overwhelmed with illegal aliens because they get food stamps, cancer treatments for free, medicaid, now they get free obama plan. god help us all. if you think the schools are crowded wait till obama gives illegal children free health care and who is going to pay for it. we are and their parents go for a joy ride, whiie we are taxed to the brim trying to pay for all these illegal children. what obama should be doing is deporting every illegal on food stamps and medicaid and there we could save some money in the billions. we dont need to lure more foreigners to this country. now for sure pregnant women will die in the desert trying to have a american child knowing that child will have food stamps and medicaid and she will bring all her illegal children they way they already are doing!