Maryanne Kehoe

Doesn't the proposed law that requires sponsors to guarentee medical
bills is a thinly-veiled form of welfare that is contrary to the law
that states immigrants can not recieve benefits for three years?

(And isn't the figure of 75% of immigrants sponsored a bit high?)


Unpaid Immigrant Hospital Bills a Concern



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nabisco

your post doesnt make any sense

James Donovan

This bill isn't welfare. It's enforcement of the affidavit of support
and public charge grounds of the INA. It's doing the right thing,
i.e. making the sponsors pay up.

The bigger problem, IMO, is when ILLEGALS use hospital services and
don't pay up. There's nothing anyone can do to collect from them, but
deport them back to Mexico (because let's face it, the vast majority
of them come from Mexico).

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Rete

Why would it be a thinly disguised form of welfare. That is the financial sponsor's obligation under the I-864 to reimburse the US Government for means tested benefits. I was under the impression that was a given if the government shells out for medicare benefits that the sponsor has to pay. Also I thought an immigrant with a financial sponsor was not eligible to obtain welfare benefits for x number of years. If my assumptions are incorrect, then I hope this bill passes. As a US citizen I would not be eligible for free medical care. Why should an immigrant with a financial sponsor be entitled to something that a USC is not.

Rete

Bob

I was wondering if anyone new how long the x number of years were?
And I agree that it's wrong that USC can't get the medical paid for, especially if immigrants are scamming the system...I'm certainly more appreciative of the NHS now that I'm here, that's for sure