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Congress Opens Floodgates for more Healthcare to Aged Aliens
Under a measure approved by the House Tuesday, with a 389-15 vote, family-based visa limits rise from 7 percent per country to 15 percent per country, an adjustment that could slightly ease the backlog for naturalized citizens, particularly from Mexico and the Philippines, trying to bring relatives into the United States.The majority of immigrants in the United States are admitted through family-based visas. Mexicans account for about 30 percent of the U.S. immigrant population -- that includes Mexicans of all immigration status -- and nearly all Mexicans who are granted U.S. permanent residency, known casually as having a "green card," are admitted into the country on family-based visas. Almost 60 percent of Mexicans admitted into the United States were immediate relatives sponsored by U.S. citizens, about 35 percent were non-immediate relatives. Immediate relatives of a U.S. citizens include a spouse, unmarried children under 21 years of age, or the parent of someone who is at least 21. Visas for these categories typically are not subject to caps. Working in the Healthcare field I see these as additional Medicaid and Medicare patients that have never paid into the system. Many of the ethnic medical practices our company services are made up of aging parents brought to this country for healthcare. As healthcare gets more scarce thank this kind of nonsense. Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2011-12-01 |
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