"Taxpayers deserve better than symbolic compassion backed by shell games and ballooning deficits."
"President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration has earned no shortage of condemnation from progressive governors across the country. So it may be surprising that many blue-state leaders are quietly rolling back health coverage for people without legal status.
"Over the past few months, Democratic governors in California, Minnesota, and Illinois have all arrived at the same conclusion: It's not practical to offer taxpayer-funded health insurance to undocumented immigrants.
"In addition to being wildly expensive, such open-ended largesse jeopardizes health care access for vulnerable U.S. citizens who need the safety net most -- single mothers, pregnant women, the elderly, and the disabled." . . .Sadly, the full article is behind a pay wall.
Sally C. Pipes is the president, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy at the Pacific Research Institute. Her latest book is False Premise, False Promise: The Disastrous Reality of Medicare for All. @sallypipes
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