By David A. Patten,NewsMAX
On Friday,Democrats moved one step closer to giving free health insurance to the nation’s estimated 12 million illegal aliens when they successfully defeated a Republican-backed amendment,offered by Rep. Dean Heller,R-Nev.,that would have prevented illegal aliens from receiving government-subsidized health care under the proposed plan backed by House Democrats and President Barack Obama.
The House Ways and Means Committee nixed the Heller amendment by a 26-to-15 vote along straight party lines,and followed this action by passing the 1,018-page bill early Friday morning by a 23-to-18 margin,with three Democrats voting against the plan.
The Democratic plan will embrace Obama’s vision of bringing free government medical care to more than 45 million uninsured people in America – a significant portion of whom are illegal aliens.
According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office,costs under the Obama plan being proposed by the House will saddle citizens with $1.04 trillion in new federal outlays over the next decade.
Congressional Democrats and Obama have argued that their health plan is necessary to contain rising health care costs.
But,last Thursday,CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf testified before the Senate Budget Committee and warned lawmakers that the proposed “legislation significantly expands the federal responsibility for health care costs."
A key factor increasing costs is that Democratic plan provides for blanket coverage to as much as 15 percent of the U.S. population not currently insured,including illegals.
Not surprising. The name of the game in D.C. is–let's give. give and give some more becus a lot of these people will votenext time and who will they vote for?? Those good Democrats who gave us all this good stuff. The day when the politicians vote for what is good for the country are over. They only think of themselves and how to stay in offive where all the goodies are.this will be the ruination of this country unless someone can stop it now!