Health Care Coverage for Illegal Immigrants

Originally posted by Eladar
The Chinese government can take care of him. We can't take care of the world.

When I said kick him to the curb, I meant literally kicking him to a curb in the US. He may end up on a curb, but it won't be one of our curbs. Let each country take care of its own problems.

Do you really think the Chinese government would take care of him? Do you think he could take care of himself in China?

Originally posted by wittywonka
Do you really think the Chinese government would take care of him? Do you think he could take care of himself in China?

I don't care of the chinese government would take care of him or not. I am not responsible for his care. I can't afford it. It is obvious that the US government can't afford it.

Wake up and smell the coffee. If more people would, then we wouldn't be having the problems we're having.

Originally posted by Eladar
It doesn't matter if he wanted to or not. It is the fact that we can't allow a system that can be milked that way. We can't afford it.

We can't afford to put immigrants (legal or illegal) on our social coverage. We need to send them home.

You can't afford to put people in nursing homes? Is that really what you think?

Originally posted by Eladar
It doesn't matter if he wanted to or not. It is the fact that we can't allow a system that can be milked that way. We can't afford it.

We can't afford to put immigrants (legal or illegal) on our social coverage. We need to send them home.

You're right in that we can't afford to cover every person in the world, but we could cover everyone in the United States if we so chose to. And again, that's the point of the article--it doesn't have to cost us thousands of dollars in emergency room costs. We could choose to cover these same uninsured people for a lot less money.

Originally posted by wittywonka
You're right in that we can't afford to cover every person in the world, but we could cover everyone in the United States if we so chose to. And again, that's the point of the article--it doesn't have to cost us thousands of dollars in emergency room costs. We could choose to cover these same uninsured people for a lot less money.

We can't afford to cover everyone, not the way the medical community charges at the moment.

Until we pay off our debt, we can't say that we can really afford to do anything. If we are in debt it is because we are spending money on things we can't afford.