The White Owl

Obama Health Care To Cover 12 Million Illegals

On Friday, Democrats moved one step closer to giving free health insurance to the nation’s estimated 12 million illegal aliens when they successfully defeated a Republican-backed amendment, offered by Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., that would have prevented illegal aliens from receiving government-subsidized health care under the proposed plan backed by House Democrats and President Barack Obama.

Democrats defeated Rep. Dean Heller's proposed amendment to ban illegals from receiving taxpayer subsidized health care

The House Ways and Means Committee nixed the Heller amendment by a 26-to-15 vote along straight party lines, and followed this action by passing the 1,018-page bill early Friday morning by a 23-to-18 margin, with three Democrats voting against the plan.

The Democratic plan will embrace Obama’s vision of bringing free government medical care to more than 45 million uninsured people in America – a significant portion of whom are illegal aliens.

According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, costs under the Obama plan being proposed by the House will saddle citizens with $1.04 trillion in new federal outlays over the next decade.

Congressional Democrats and Obama have argued that their health plan is necessary to contain rising health care costs.

But, last Thursday, CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf testified before the Senate Budget Committee and warned lawmakers that the proposed “legislation significantly expands the federal responsibility for health care costs.”

A key factor increasing costs is that Democratic plan provides for blanket coverage to as much as 15 percent of the U.S. population not currently insured, including illegals. (Read more.)

B.S. Report–If you ask any politician, Republican or Democrat, if they are in favor of illegal aliens receiving taxpayer supported health care they will answer in a matter-of-fact fashion: absolutely not!

But when push comes to shove and they have the chance to vote on an amendment that would ensure that situation from not occurring they (nearly all Democrats) vote it down.

They refuse to do the right thing even though they are aware that most Americans are against a) the leaky border situation that our politicians created and refuse to shut down, and b) having to pick up the tab for all the services these illegal residents are draining from the economy.

But still these politicians do not have the backbone to do what’s right for the country because they cower at the thought of losing future votes.

Muchas gracias gringos...keep working hard--we need our health care...