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| La Raza President Wants Health Care Reform for 'Everyone,' Including Illegal Aliens |
| 2009-10-03 |
| (CNSNews.com) -- National Council of La Raza President Janet Murguia said that health care reform should include "everyone," and this means illegal immigrants as well because with more people paying into the system it might lower the costs of health care. Speaking to reporters Thursday at a press conference in support of President Barack Obama's efforts to pass a government-led overhaul of the nation's health care system, Murguia said that while the issue of illegal immigrants was politically difficult, there were "strong" arguments for covering the illegals. "From our perspective there's a strong case to be made in this country for us to reform health care [and] it ought to include everyone," said Murguia. "There's a lot of different reasons why we should try to reform this system once and for all so that everyone is covered. The more people who are covered, the more cost-effective and the more and better health outcomes we're going to have." "We know that politically it's very difficult right now to take on the issue of undocumenteds [but] there's no reason why we shouldn't be trying to cover as many people as possible, certainly when it comes to undocumented children," she said. "Our goal should be to have health care reform for everyone." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 and this means illegal immigrants as well because with more people paying into the system it might lower the costs of health care. Pure spin. We can't even coerce the illegals out of the woodwork to be counted in the Census and she thinks they're going to willingly sign up and pay into the system, thereby lowering costs? Idiot. They're getting free healthcare here already and she full well knows it. |
| Posted by: Woozle Uneter9007 2009-10-03 17:50 |
| #2 Procopius has succinctly captures the whole issue of illegal immigration and the reconquista of the American Southwest. Time to take a time out on immigration of all sorts. And all those American troops guarding the borders of Iraq and Afghanistan, time to bring them home and use that experience to secure the important borders for good. Time to step back from the world stage a bit and fix the problems at home before our nation collapses. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2009-10-03 12:49 |
| #1 When loyalty to blood trumps loyalty to the community, you are no longer a member of the community. Any calls upon the 'community' by those who do put blood above the community have no standing. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-10-03 07:50 |