U.S. to pay medical bills for illegal immigrants
Answers to certain issues just seem obvious… this is one of them.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued final guidance Monday that sets up a system for reimbursement. Lawmakers set aside $1 billion over four years for the program, created by Medicare legislation passed in 2003.
One billion dollars! Even over four years, that’s $250 million a year for a problem that could be alleviated - in large part - by stricter immigration policies and enforcement of those policies. First we give illegal immigrants our jobs, now we give them free insurance. All the while, people are complaining about the job market and health costs… go figure.
Still, I have to agree with the following:
One group that advocates stricter immigration policies said the government’s reimbursement of hospitals was the right thing to do.
“It seems to me that if the federal government has abdicated its responsibility for immigration enforcement, then it’s responsible for making those jurisdictions whole,” said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, a think tank based in Washington.
The liberals have made our bed, I guess we better lie in it.
