Thursday, February 9, 2012

Why Health Care Reform Could Leave Us All Worse Off


in health care reform bills debated in Congress is threatening to shut down millions of immigrants. But Congress off policy toward immigrants is not simply leave the immigrants up. They will inevitably lead to the national economy and the health of us all.

President Obama's health care reform a priority to ensure that millions of Americans have a fair, affordable and efficient health system. For immigrants, this vision is far from reality. First, the current health reform law treats legal immigrants unfairly. Individuals who have been waiting for years to come to the United States will have to wait years to get affordable health care.

Immigrants are generally younger and healthier than the U.S. population as a whole. However, no one is immune to the fall ill or have nezgodu.Trenutna health care legislation will require newly arrived legal immigrants to wait five years to get only option for affordable health coverage. While people with lower incomes will have access to Medicaid, the most vulnerable among us and will continue to wait for affordable health care, despite the fact that they pay taxes for the very programs that are excluded. There is no sound reason for Congress to discriminate against these individuals and prevent them from receiving basic medical care.

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