Rep Luis V. Gutiérrez, one of Congress’ most outspoken advocates for immigrants, on Wednesday called for expanding the Affordable Care Act to cover all of the estimated 11 million undocumented migrants in the United States.
“The goal is to make integration and inclusion real for millions of families that are locked out under current law,” the Illinois Democrat said in a floor speech introducing his proposed legislation.
“As it stands right now, undocumented immigrants are not subject to the individual mandate and cannot buy into health insurance exchanges even if they use their own money. My legislation will change that. It says that we stand for inclusion.”
Citing last week’s papal address to Congress (the pope repeatedly urged U.S. lawmakers to follow “the Golden Rule”), Gutiérrez said: “Doing unto others as you would have them do unto you means moving forward with no restrictions on which brother and sister and neighbor we think of as ‘eligible’ or ‘deserving.’”
The Gutiérrez proposal faces long odds in the House, where proposals to overhaul immigration have been stymied by Republicans who say the federal government has to address holes in border security first.
Here’s video of the congressman’s remarks on the House floor early Wednesday:
http://www3.blogs.rollcall.com/218/congressman-expand-obamacare-to-undocumented/
So he wants to kill us with this legislation?
Golden Rule is appropriate then.
Send Gutty boy south. WAY south. Let’s see how much love he has for the “immigrants” then.
Illegal ‘insurance’ for illegal ‘immigrants’
Thats fine. Im not paying for it out of pocket. Just out of my hide.
Make sure they’re all thoroughly vaccinated. There must be dozens of shots they need to catch up on.
“As it stands right now, undocumented immigrants are not subject to the individual mandate and cannot buy into health insurance exchanges even if they use their own money.”
And they’re stupid enough to do so, given the opportunity.
Cha-CHING!!!
It makes my stomach turn so much to see how far our Capital has fallen. An elected official can openly state his support for enabling and funding unknown lawbreakers, with law abiding taxpayer funds, and still remain in office! There should be measures in place to remove people like this, without having to vote them out. It is sick to see how twisted their world is all because they might have a friend or relative it affects. Why did you want to become a politician if you don’t believe in the laws that you were swore in under to uphold? This alone should cause immediate termination!
“Rep Luis V. Gutiérrez, one of Congress’ most outspoken advocates for immigrants, on Wednesday called for expanding the Affordable Care Act to cover all of the estimated 11 million undocumented migrants in the United States.”
They are ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, YOU COMMIE PIECE OF SHIT!!!! 😡 S
Stop calling them “undocumented”. GRR!!!! 😡