A new study shows that illegal aliens and their anchor babies will be the
main beneficiaries of a new "universal health care" (aka "socialized
medicine") scheme to be paid for by U.S. citizens in Wa****ngton.
And, oh, the boondoggle will cost twice as much as expected (meaning when
all is said and done it'll actually end up costing ten times what its
sup****ters claimed.
Here's my favorite excerpt from the news re****t:
"Kirsta Glenn, executive director of the state's Caseload Forecast
Council, said the increase came mainly from an unanticipated number of
non-citizen siblings of citizen children now covered by the program.
"'No one really thought there were very many kids in this category, but
once they went about investigating to implement the bill, they discovered
a
lot of kids were in this category,' she said."
LOL!
Illegal alien peasants who breed like rabbits in their own countries
actually CONTINUE breeding like rabbits in the country they snuck into!
Who knew!
I sure hope Governor Arnold "We need socialized medicine in Coleefawnia"
Shriver-Schwarzenegger ponders this ...
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Health care for all kids will cost a lot more than legislators planned
Non-citizens to benefit most, new figures show
Friday, June 22, 2007
Last updated 12:13 a.m. PT
By CHRIS MCGANN
P-I CAPITOL CORRESPONDENT
OLYMPIA -- One of the Democrats' most heralded legislative accomplishments
was criticized Thursday when new data revealed that the measure providing
health care for all of Wa****ngton's children mainly helps non-citizen
children and will cost almost twice as much as predicted.
Republicans slammed the program and the fact that the number of immigrant
recipients -- many of whom are in the United States illegally -- would be
far more than originally stated, more than 16,000 by June 2009 compared
with the previous estimate of 6,680.
The GOP has long complained that illegal immigrants would have increased
access to state-funded health care. Democrats, including Gov. Chris
Gregoire, said all children should have health care regardless of their
immigration status.
But now the focus has ****fted to how much that will cost, and even
Democrats who sup****ted the bill raised concerns.
Kirsta Glenn, executive director of the state's Caseload Forecast Council,
said the increase came mainly from an unanticipated number of non-citizen
siblings of citizen children now covered by the program.
"No one really thought there were very many kids in this category, but
once
they went about investigating to implement the bill, they discovered a lot
of kids were in this category," she said.
Republicans said the fiscal impact would be profound -- almost $16 million
more than the $29 million estimate -- a 54 percent cost increase.
Of that $45 million, $12 million will be spent on citizen children who
previously were uninsured. About $8 million will be spent on children who
are U.S. citizens who already are covered by other insurance programs. And
$25 million will be spent on non-citizen children.
Victor Moore, director of the state Office of Financial Management, said
there is no question that more children are eligible for the program than
originally estimated.
"We didn't think there would be this many," he said. "But now we know more
kids will have health care coverage."
Moore said critics are also not taking into account that the impact is
being substantially offset by $19 million of new federal funds.
"The net impact to the budget is a $6 million increase," Moore said. The
state's two-year budget is $33 billion.
The program goes into effect July 22.
Sen. Joe Zarelli, R-Ridgefield, pointed out that the same agencies that
provided preliminary information for the Legislature re****ted the adjusted
figures.
"So it was information that could not be discovered in a 105-day session
but then discovered in the last six weeks," he said.
Sen. Darlene Fairley, D-Lake Forest Park, was upset that the original
estimate of the number of people covered was so far off.
"Like a miracle, they just appeared," Fairley said. "You know, when we do
fiscal notes we kind of really like to know how many people we are talking
about."
But Fairley stressed she would have sup****ted the bill anyway.
"It would not have made a bit of difference as to whether or not we would
do it, because all children means all children," she said. "But that's the
point of budgeting, you know how many and what it's going to cost. I would
have thought they could have done a better job at coming up with better
numbers ... (on) the impact this would have."
Zarelli said the news should come as no surprise.
"During the session in the fiscal note, they called this number
indeterminate, so they called it zero and we didn't fund for it. Lo and
behold, a couple of weeks after session we all of a sudden find out that
the greatest ****tion of those new kids we are going to cover are kids who
have no legal status here in this country."
Zarelli said the measure is a "move towards a lot of people's goal of more
of a universal state-funded health care, and that's to bring all the kids
in first and then move the families in."
That's not where Republicans want to go.
"I want to fix the private market," he said. "I want people to have a
choice in the marketplace."
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/320819_immigrantmoney22.html
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PLEASE EMAIL THESE LINKS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW:
"The Illegal-Alien Crime Wave" by Heather MacDonald
www.City-Journal.org/html/14_1_the_illegal_alien.html
www.PredatoryAliens.com
www.ImmigrationsHumanCost.org
www.DayLaborers.org
www.Alipac.us
www.ImmigrationWatchdog.com
www.AmericanPatrol.com
www.SaveOurState.org
www.EscapingJustice.com
www.MothersAgainstIllegalAliens.org
See the COLOSSAL costs of illegal aliens to the American taxpayer:
www.ImmigrationCounters.com
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"**** La Raza todo. Fuera de La Raza nada"
("For The Race everything, for those outside The Race nothing")
-- Motto of MEChA, one of the nation's largest publically-funded
organizations with cells on high school and college campuses across the
USA
(Note: Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez says he "used to be" a member)
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：How Eisenhower solved illegal border crossings from Mexico；
By John Dillin
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0706/p09s01-coop.html
Excerpt:
：General Eisenhower ... quoted a re****t in The New York Times,
highlighting one paragraph that said: ．The rise in illegal
border-crossing
by Mexican 'wetbacks' to a current rate of more than
1,000,000 cases a year has been accompanied by a curious relaxation
in ethical standards extending all the way from the farmer-exploiters
of this contraband labor to the highest levels of the Federal
Government ..."
：Herbert Brownell Jr., Eisenhower's first attorney general, said the
president had a sense of urgency about illegal immigration when he took
office.
：America ．was faced with a breakdown in law enforcement on a very
large
scale,・ Mr. Brownell said. ．When I say large scale, I mean hundreds of
thousands were coming in from Mexico [every year] without restraint.・"
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Just two of MANY American cops murdered by illegals:
www.DeputyDavidMarch.com
www.KrisEggle.org
"Unfortunately, the majority of illegal aliens who are here are engaged in
criminal activity. Identity theft, use of fraudulent Social Security
numbers and green cards, tax evasion, driving without licenses represent
some of the crimes that are engaged in by the majority of illegal aliens
on
a daily basis merely to maintain and hide their illegal status. In
addition, violent crime and drug distribution and possession is also
prevalent among illegal aliens. Over 25% of today's federal prison
population are illegal aliens. In some areas of the country, 12% of
felonies, 25% of burglaries and 34% of thefts are committed by illegal
aliens."
-- Testimony of District Attorney John M. Morganelli before the House
Subcommittee on Immigration, Border, Security and Claims [Note: 99% of
warrants for murder in Los Angeles, California -- the USA's 2nd
most-populous city -- are for illegal aliens]
"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate,
tireless minority keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of
men."
-- Samuel Adams
"：All great truths begin as heresies.；
-- Former Democrat Governor of Colorado Richard Lamm, official of
Defend Colorado Now, a movement opposed to illegal immigration
and public services for illegal aliens
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