Lawmakers propose expanding some benifits to (ILLEGAL) immigrants

[TheOldSchool]

Good luck with that.

Yeah, got idiots like you in charge, unAmerican retards.

Ask Sheriff Joe how much headway he's made ridding his county of illegals.

He does not have the legal authority to deport them or he sure would.

He has the authority to arrest them though. Has he arrested them all?

You are an idiot.

Why is it that you post almost exclusively using non-witty one-liners? And they never even address the topic or any arguments involved in it. Is your lack of understanding of the issues really that bad?

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Californians are getting exactly what they voted for. Who cares?

 

[Carla_Danger]

One has to wonder about the Dems who run Cali. Those Dems want American taxpayers to fund this idiotic bill.

Perhaps they should kick all illegals out of Cali. Imagine how much money they would save the taxpayers.

Talk about assholes. Dems in Calis are certainly that. They are oh so generous with other peoples money.

What part of ILLEGAL do they not get??

Yep, their government is out of control . but it's up to the people living there to stand up against them...but when they want ALL of us taxpayers to fund them. We have a right to say something

I didn't know they taxed SSI.

 

[guno]

Well how special, They don't have enough water, now they want you all to pay for this....Your masters in your Government has spoken

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SACRAMENTO — California legislative leaders took a bold step Tuesday toward protecting immigrants living in the country without documentation by backing legislation to offer Medi-Cal and other public services to a population they said they want to help move out of the shadows.

The leaders of the California Senate and Assembly joined lawmakers and advocates in announcing the “Immigrants Shape California” package of bills at a news conference in Sacramento, saying the federal government’s inaction on immigration reform prompted them to act.

“California has grown into the greatest state in the nation and the world’s seventh largest economy on the backs of settlers from all over this country and immigrants from many others,” said state Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León, D-Los Angeles. “Our infrastructure, our railroads, our roads and bridges were built by immigrants. … Immigrants shape California.”


SB4 by state Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens (Los Angeles County), would extend Medi-Cal to low-income immigrants living in the country without documentation. In addition, such immigrants would be able to buy health insurance from the Covered California exchange at unsubsidized rates available to others in the state, if a waiver is granted by the federal government. SB4 directs the Health and Human Services Agency to seek a waiver from the federal government.

Lara said 30 percent of undocumented immigrants can afford Covered California insurance without subsidies.

Seeking federal waiver

Last year, a similar bill by Lara to expand Medi-Cal stalled due to the $1.3 billion a year cost. Lara said he’s been working with officials in Washington, D.C., on a federal waiver to expand Medi-Cal coverage to immigrants, and on ways to limit the cost of the expansion.

“The numbers are still being worked out, but we’ve brought it down from what we once thought would be $1 billion to close to $400-to-$800 million a year,” Lara said. “It looks like something that’s do-able to cover folks.”


The expansion of health benefits has long been sought by immigrant rights groups that say basic medical care should be a human right, regardless of residency status or income.

ALL of it here: comments aren't real pretty
California lawmakers propose expanding benefits to some immigrants - SFGate

Still can't hide your trailer on blocks in your avatar now matter how much you try to zoom in Step!!

 

[buddhallah_the_christ]

Whenever I read about a government service being expanded, the first question that comes to mind is, "where will the money come from?". Of course it's a rhetorical question because we all know we'll be paying for services through an increase in taxes. Just peachy!

 

[TooTall]

Another idiot shows up. Deportation is the only correct action.

Good luck with that.

Yeah, got idiots like you in charge, unAmerican retards.

Ask Sheriff Joe how much headway he's made ridding his county of illegals.

He does not have the legal authority to deport them or he sure would.

He has the authority to arrest them though. Has he arrested them all?

What a stupid question.