Democrat's Solution: Legalize
Immigrants to Fix Obamacare
Saturday, 16 Nov 2013 02:53 PM
By Andrea Billups
A crucial fix for the ailing Obama
healthcare law could come in the form of legalizing immigrants so they could
receive coverage and participate in the program's exchanges, one Colorado lawmaker says.
Rep. Jared Polis on Friday called upon Congress to grant illegal
immigrants citizenship rights that would allow them access to the federally
mandate health coverage, the Washington Times reported.
Immigrants are currently not
required to participate in the program's individual mandate and don’t receive
subsidies or the ability to participate in Medicaid programs, Polis noted. Too
often they are shifted to emergency rooms for routine healthcare, some not
paying their bills, which in turn are absorbed by paying consumers, said Polis,
a Democrat who represents Colorado's 2nd District.
"American citizens are
essentially being forced to pay for the health care costs of people who are
here illegally every day, until we pass comprehensive immigration reform,"
Polis told the Times. "We’re wondering why rates are going up. … It’s no
surprise. When somebody doesn’t have insurance, their costs are shifted onto
other people that do."
Solis called on his fellow lawmakers
to pass House Res. 15, a Democrat-sponsored bill that would open a pathway to
citizenship for most illegals, even as House Speaker John Boehner said debate
on any immigration law would not come this year, telling reporters on
Wednesday: "We have no intention of ever going to conference on the Senate
bill," NBC News reported.
A Senate measure, known as the
"Gang of 8" bill, passed by a wide margin in June, but since then
House leaders have stalled progress in their chamber, even as immigration reformers
have sought some compromise.
Polis was more optimistic on
immigration and healthcare. "If we can pass HR 15 people who are here
illegally will have to get insurance on their own instead of forcing Americans
to pay for their insurance," he said.
The Times cited a Congressional
Budget Office report showing the Senate immigration
bill, offering legalization for current illegals and expanding legal
immigration, could cost $82.3 billion in the next decade, increasing Obamacare
subsidies for new legal immigrants.
Those who are in the country
illegally would not be able to enter the Obamacare
system for a decade after they obtain green cards under current law.
Jared S. Polis
Jared
S. Polis is a member of the U.S.
House of Representatives, an honorary co-chair for the Third Way,
and the founder for the American
Information Systems.
Note: Kirk A. Radke is
a trustee at Third Way, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States
(think tank).
Chuck
Hagel was the chairman for the American
Information Systems, is the secretary for the U.S. Department of Defense, and the chair for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United
States (think tank).
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development, and the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Donna S.
Morea was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and
the EVP for the CGI Group Inc.
CGI Group
Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov
web site.
Obamacare
is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.
Barbara
G. Fast was a VP for the CGI Group Inc., and a VP for the Boeing
Company.
W.
James McNerney Jr. is the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing
Company, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
William M.
Daley was a director at the Boeing Company, the chief of staff for
the Barack Obama administration, is
a trustee at Third Way,
and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Third Way (Past Research)
Commercial Club of Chicago,
Members Directory
Please note: This link for the
members of the Commercial Club of Chicago can no longer be found.
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Lee
H. Hamilton is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a co-chair for the Independent Task Force on Immigration and
America's Future, and was a co-chair for the Iraq Study Group.
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. was a member of
the Iraq Study Group, is an honorary
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP,
Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg
(think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the Boeing
Company.
Valerie B. Jarrett
is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior
adviser for the Barack Obama
administration, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
R.
Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP, and Obamacare is his signature
policy initiative.
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