HILL & ILLEGALS' HEALTH CARE

New York Post ^ | November 16, 2007 | Robert Goldberg

[Zakeet]

IF you thought Hillary Clinton had trouble making up her mind about drivers licenses for illegal aliens, wait until someone tries to pin her down about health care for illegals.

She fumbled for days after being asked about Gov. Spitzer's now-aborted plan to give licenses to illegals. But the New York governor is pushing ahead on giving free health care to the same folks.

Washington recently told Spitzer that it wouldn't pay for chemotherapy for illegals under a Medicaid "emergency" program.

That program was created in 1996 at President Bill Clinton's insistence to provide "temporary" coverage to illegals, who'd been barred from Medicaid the year before. In the years since, it's become a de facto entitlement for illegals - who in some states get the same benefits as everyone else on Medicaid (except for organ transplants). As a result, "emergency" Medicaid spending has ballooned across the country.

When the Bush administration told Spitzer that emergency Medicaid wasn't meant to cover chemotherapy, the gov decided that New York taxpayers (many of whom have to cover the cost of their own cancer drugs, due to inadequate private insurance) would foot the bill. Spitzer says the cancer care will "only" cost $10 million. Maybe so - until more people find out it's free.

Over to Hillary: Asked in September if the senator's new health plan would pay the tab for illegals, senior Clinton policy adviser Laurie Rubiner said, "That's one we're going to have to think through a little bit . . . We have not dealt with every single detail with this plan."

This is one detail Clinton had better deal with quickly.

[Zakeet]

It's for the common good -- you stupid peasants.

[EagleUSA]

The Marxist Medusa will not make a comment about ANYTHING that might cost her a vote — that is why she says nothing. Tragically, the stupid voting public almost elected Kerry who did the same thing....providing a “zero campaign” other than his promise to raise your taxes...and he STILL almost got put in the White House.

The American public needs a frontal lobotomy.

[New Girl]

My parents are depleting their savings paying for my Dad's cancer drugs even though they are both U.S. citizens who have worked hard and paid taxes their entire lives. Meanwhile, the illegals will get cancer treatment for free after paying nothing into the system. These drugs are not cheap. My father's drugs will cost approximately $250,000 this year. And that is just the drugs - not all of the other care that goes along with treatment.

From experience, I can also tell you that the infusion centers at many hospitals are already completely overwhelmed. We have trouble getting Dad's weekly appointments set-up for chemo because there are not enough chairs, available appointments or staff. If this goes through, we will see delays in treatment for U.S. citizens.

[socialismisinsidious]

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