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To: HPilot who wrote (515510)9/23/2009 11:18:25 AM
From: bentway1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1582406
 
"A hospital cannot turn away any undocumented worker who has no money to pay."

That's the situation NOW, as decreed by our courts. It happened all through the Bush administration and it continues. So, why do you think the public option insurance will allow illegals to go to clinics? It WON'T!

They can continue to go to emergency rooms, like they do NOW. Nothing will be different. Why weren't you howling when Bush opened the borders for illegals and let them all be treated in our emergency rooms?

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Bush: Let illegal immigrants stay Bush's plan to aid

highbeam.com

WASHINGTON -- Promoting a plan that could brighten his election- year prospects with Hispanic voters, President Bush on Wednesday proposed legal status -- at least temporarily -- for millions of illegal immigrants working in the United States.

But the sweeping policy overhaul, offered with few specifics, also angered many in the president's conservative Republican base of support and drew criticism from advocacy groups who questioned whether it would do much to help immigrants.

Democrats were united in calling the plan a political ploy that offers a false promise of legitimacy for undocumented workers.

Decrying a system that now has "millions of hardworking men and women condemned to fear ...