Latino Groups Push to Include Health Care Coverage for Illegals

Don’t stand for it. It’s your money.

Latino advocacy groups are ramping up pressure on Congress to expand health coverage for immigrants as the lawmakers grapple with historic health-reform legislation.

Activists and health-policy experts who support greater immigrant coverage are concentrating their efforts on the Senate, which is expected to bar illegal immigrants from participating in health insurance exchanges, as stipulated in the Senate Finance Committee’s bill, even if they pay with their own funds and no federal subsidies.

The House voted last weekend to deny federal subsidies to help illegal immigrants buy insurance but allow them to buy health insurance from government-created insurance exchanges.

One of the reasons there was a national Tea Party Against Amnesty last weekend. ‘Cause, you know, it’s not like we have any amnesty history to examine to tell us if it will work or not.

And here’s the ultimate ironic twist: we could end up paying for health care for illegals as we’re racking up fines and even jail time because we can’t afford to pay for our own.

Is there anything the government can touch without screwing it up…and screwing we, the people?