September 10, 2009
Obama Says Health Plan Won't Cover Illegal Aliens
Rep. Joe Wilson made news and sparked a fight on Wikipedia when he shouted "You lie!" during President Obama's remarks to Congress yesterday where he claimed illegal immigrants would not get health coverage. The New York Times blog has more coverage.
Terrence Jeffery with CNS says that Obama's amnesty plan would render arguments about coverage moot. "Illegal immigrants won't get federal health insurance benefits under Obama's plan because they won't be illegal immigrants anymore, they will be legal immigrants."
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Health Care Debate a Preview of Fight Over Amnesty
Gebe Martinez with Politico covers the fight over health coverage for illegal immigrants and what that means for the broader amnesty push by President Obama. "The renewed immigrant-bashing has served to strengthen the determination of immigration reform advocates to advance their own initiative after the health care issue is resolved and to not let their bill's destiny be determined by the twisted politics of health care."
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