Romneycare Funded Healthcare For Illegal Immigrants – Just Like Obamacare
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, October 24, 2011, 11:44 AM
This isn’t good…
Just last week Governor Mitt Romney lectured Governor Rick Perry on his immigration record:
“You put in place a magnet to draw illegals into the state, which was giving $100,000 of tuition credit to illegals that come into this country, and then you have states — the big states of illegal immigrants are California and Florida.”
Here’s the video:
Now we find out that Romneycare funded healthcare for illegal immigrants… Just like Obamacare does. It was a magnate to draw illegals into the state.
The National Review reported:
Mitt Romney, who has called government-funded programs that offer assistance to illegal immigrants “magnets” that draw more illegal immigrants to the country, allowed a health-care program that helps illegal immigrations to be included in the final version of his health-care program that he signed. From the Los Angeles Times:
The Massachusetts healthcare law that then-Gov. Mitt Romney signed in 2006 includes a program known as the Health Safety Net, which allows undocumented immigrants to get needed medical care along with others who lack insurance.
Uninsured, poor immigrants can walk into a health clinic or hospital in the state and get publicly subsidized care at virtually no cost to them, regardless of their immigration status.
Related… In 2009 between 46,000 and 49,000 Massachusetts residents were fined under that state’s Romneycare law for not having health insurance, or for having a policy that did not include all the mandated coverages imposed by that law.
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Joanne commented:
Both of them are idiots.
AMERICAN commented:
romney is nothing more than a liberal on the republican side….not worthy of the presidency
Patty commented:
Romney has some serious baggage.
patman commented:
I’m sick of Romney.
Patty commented:
RINO!
Ripped commented:
Look once again I was right, there is no difference between 0bama, Romney and Perry. You can also throw Cain in with them, the TARP loving KC federal reserve bankster.
Time for a real change!
Ron Paul 2012
Patty commented:
WND CERTIFIGATE
Rick Perry: Have I seen Obama’s real birth certificate?
Republican presidential candidate says he has ‘no idea’ if it’s legitimate
Read more: Rick Perry: Have I seen Obama’s real birth certificate? http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=359465#ixzz1bihIlrym
Libs Suck commented:
Romney is a total RINO just like McCain was/is – part of the political elite. A person might as well vote for John Kerry as for Romney; they’re both total POS.
Libs Suck commented:
@Ripped
Yeah, right! Instead of a RINO the conservatives should elect a wingnut loon! Get a grip dude and get your meds adjusted.
More Liberty commented:
Romney is just another big government establishment RINO. When asked what he would cut from the federal budget the moron proclaimed he’s cut $35 billion. LOL…$35 billion? That’s all that moron would cut? Hell we gave Pakistan $30 billion last year.
Perry, Romney and Cain are alll establishment RINOs. Cain lead the Kansas Fed, so his credibility goes out the window.
More Liberty commented:
@ #6 —> you are correct.
Obama Nation commented:
2012 Pres. Candidate Rick Perry: I Don’t Know If Obama’s Birth Certificate Is Real
http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2011/10/presidential-candidate-rick-perry-i.html
The fact is NOBODY knows if Obama’s Birth Certificate is real since Obama has done EVERYTHING humanly possible to keep the alleged Birth Certificate from being FORENSICALLY EXAMINED.
As many twenty computer and document experts have examined the PDF Copy of Obama’s alleged Birth Certificate and they have all declared it a likely forgery.
The Birth Certificate and Obama’s eligibility is EXTREMEMLY IMPORTANT. Any one who would try to minimise the significance of this is issue is an absolute MORON and a TRAITOR.
daryl commented:
Think you finally drove three or four right on over the edge Jim Hoft. Cut ‘em some slack will ya?
goat commented:
Any person, illegal or not, can go to any public hospital in ANY state and get care.
bg commented:
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redefining the “Four Musketeers”
HillaryCare
v
RomneyCare
v
PerryTexMexCare
ObamaCare = “all for ONE & ONE for all”
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bitterclinger commented:
The only real conservative isn’t running. I don’t want to vote for ANY of these clowns.
8 My Foot commented:
“Magnate”. Really? Is that even a word? DOES ANYONE PROOF READ ANYMORE?
RedBeard commented:
A Romney campaign worker just called me. Nice lady. But I had to deflate her balloon by telling her I wouldn’t be sending the requested donation. I said that I would definitely vote for Romney if he becomes the nominee, given the execrable Barack Obama as the opposition, but that did not make me a Romney supporter. I explained my position by referencing the whole liberal Romneycare mess. Very timely, given Hoft’s post above.
dallasdan commented:
We are screwed.
jorgen commented:
Romney is a light-skinned Obama-light.
progressoverpeace commented:
The only way illegals ought to get health care, thanks to the US, is with a one-way bus ticket to a mexican hospital. Let Mexico pay for treating their own people and those they helped breach our borders. And they should be charged for the bus ticket.
Ron commented:
We have a choice between two Governors. Who did the better job of running their state? Perry has Texas leading the nation, while Romney is trying to distance himself from his own policies while he was Governor of Mass.
retire05 commented:
progressiveoverpeace, why do you assume ALL illegals are Mexicans? Isn’t that a bit uninformed on your part?
retire05 commented:
#14 goat, the problem you have is you are assuming Romneycare only covered the federally mandated emergency care for illegals. It was much, much more than that. It gave illegals basically the same coverage, and the same ability to seek medical care at a private doctor’s office or a clinic, as was given to legal citizens. Those illegals were covered under Massachusset’s Health Care Safety Net program.
And when Romneycare was made solvent for the last two years due to a $764 million grant from the Obama Stimulus Bill, who do you think is really paying for Romneycare?
Simple answer: taxpayers from ALL 50 states.
bg commented:
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Ron #22 October 24, 2011 at 1:33 pm
really??
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retire05 commented:
Obama Nation, you are barking up the wrong tree. NO ONE IS GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT OBAMA’S BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
He’s president, and he is not going to be impeached over his BC. Learn to deal with that.
More Liberty commented:
@ Libs Suck,
So wanting to follow the US Constitution, as part of our federalism system is being a “wingnut loon?”
So what do you call endless wars?
What do you call TARP?
What do you call the Stimulus Package?
What do you call guarding the borders of South Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, maintaining bases in over a hundred countries while our own borders are open?
It is you that appears to be a loon.
progressoverpeace commented:
retire05 commented:
progressiveoverpeace, why do you assume ALL illegals are Mexicans? Isn’t that a bit uninformed on your part?
I made no such assumption. In fact, I explicitly wrote, “Let Mexico pay for treating their own people and those they helped breach our borders.”
lizzy84 commented:
Romney makes my skin crawl.
bg commented:
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re: jorgen #20 October 24, 2011 at 12:58 pm
using your logic, i could say Perry is a dark-skinned Obama-dark..
but hey, whatever shade, check him out..
re: #25 October 24, 2011 at 1:42 pm bg
shell game??
Sarah & Michele agree..
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retire05 commented:
progressoverpeace, you SPECIFICALLY mentioned Mexico. So I have to wonder why you didn’t mention the other nations that we are seeing illegals come from.
But here is the deal; if you want other nations to be responsible for the cost of health care for their citizens that come across our borders illegally, I suggest you file a law suit to enact laws that would not only do that, but overturn the SCOTUS decision that says health care providers cannot deny emergency care to illegals.
Let us know how you progress on this issue.
progressoverpeace commented:
retire05 commented:
progressoverpeace, you SPECIFICALLY mentioned Mexico. So I have to wonder why you didn’t mention the other nations that we are seeing illegals come from.
Because these are just short blog comments. I wrote enough and was explicit. It was you who couldn’t understand what was clearly written.
David commented:
Thousands of Illegals pay 0 for health care under Romney Care. Very few llegals pursuing citizenship that lived in Texas for at least 3 years pay thousands for in state tuition. Please do some research people.
bg commented:
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oh btw, forgot about Perry’s Texas Dream Act..
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bg commented:
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Earth to bait & switch nit pickers..
Perry did not day he wanted to join Texas health care with, oh i dunno,
say illegals from Turkey, Iraq, Spain, or Nigeria v Mexico.. duh fuh sarc..
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RedBeard commented:
More Liberty:
Ron Paul is right, well-spoken, and admirable, about 50% of the time. The rest of the time, he’s nuts. If we could elect the sane half, I’d vote for him. But unfortunately the nutso isolationist and “it’s great for Iran to get nukes” side comes along for the ride. No thanks.
retire05 commented:
progressiveoverpeace, there are no limits on this blog as to how many words you are allowed to use in a response.
If your responses are limited by your own inabilities to expound in detain, that is a personal shortcoming, not a limit placed on you by this blog.
workingclass artist commented:
Romneycare takes federal tax dollars so we all pay for clinic care for illegals mandated in Romneycare and we all pay for emergency room care for illegals & those that can’t pay mandated under Reagan.
In comparison in-state tuition which isn’t tax payer subsidized in the state of Texas is small potatoes affecting a small number of students in a big state with a growing population.
lizzy84 commented:
Ann Barnhardt doesn’t have much use for Mitt either and gives reasons:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBXe3Kvg-qU&feature=player_embedded
workingclass artist commented:
““We are releasing the 2009 report at the end of the year,” Health Insurance Connector Authority spokesman Richard Powers said. He said officials haven’t sorted the data to identify why the 2010 and 2011 fines were handed out but said between 46,000 to 49,000 people were fined in 2009 for having no insurance or having less insurance than the state demands….”
http://bostonherald.com/news/politics/view.bg?articleid=1374616
Ginger commented:
Two peas in a pod!
bg commented:
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OT..
Ginger #41 October 24, 2011 at 3:40 pm
the whole show is great, but the interview
with Herman Cain starts at the 13:50 mark..
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BurmaShave commented:
My son was one of those fined by Massachusetts.
BTW, I am voting for ABR.
Locutisprime commented:
Neither of them deserve to be president IMO. And Perry self implodes further by obliquely challenging Obama’s birth certificate to boot. The truth will come out long after Obama leaves office, but the damage will have been done by then. In the mean time, Gingrich and Cain are the only hope for the GOP and the American people IMO.
Now, I’ll wait for the Paulistas to rise to the defense.
Gini commented:
Any one can walk into a hospital that receives federal funds and receive medical care at no cost. That’s how it’s been for ages – so Romney didn’t do anything new at all on that.
We should sit back and think – do we bicker and pick out every single flaw and demand the GOP candidate be 100% perfect Conservative or do we accept reality. Do we want BHO for another four years or do we vote for a RINO. I suspect we must hold our noses and vote RINO.
bg commented:
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Romney blames successor for illegal immigrant health care
["Mitt Romney's record on illegal immigration is clear: as governor, he vetoed an in-state tuition bill for illegal immigrants and authorized his state troopers to detain people based on their immigration status. On the other hand, liberal Gov. Patrick has the same position on illegal immigration as Rick Perry – he favors in-state tuition and reversed an executive order to detain illegal immigrants – and neither can be trusted to deal with such an important issue," added Saul.
“He can pin the tail on the donkey and basically say ‘Romneycare’ was
‘Obamacare,’ ” said Dr. Ron Anderson, the president and chief executive
of Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas’s public hospital and its
main health care provider to the poor. “The truth is, they both need to
be tweaked and improved. But we can’t tout the Texas model. At least
Romney tried.”]
oh what fun!! hey, anyone know what Obama or Congress are up to??
Obama’s pal Duval did it, go figure.. /s/
not the best source, however, no new revelations either, as the
majority of the content has been previously posted, source links
are also included..
Few Bright Spots in Perry’s Health Care Record
[In the 10 years Mr. Perry has been governor, his critics say there have
been few effective initiatives out of his office to increase either public or
private health coverage significantly in Texas, where today an estimated
6.2 million people - one-quarter of the state’s population - are
uninsured, including 1.3 million children.]
surely these uninsured go to emergency rooms and
receive care, ergo, are a burden on taxpayers, no??
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Ginger commented:
bg…#42
Thank You….. I love that man.
btw …I was wrong he did not say there would be no muslims in his administration that they would be screened real good to prove their loyality to America.
Dr. Jasser comes to mind that will NOT have to be vetted because he has already been and has shown love and loyality for America.
Cain/Palin
Ginger commented:
Yah hoo …You go cowboy!
Just remember the “Sleeping Giants” are awake!
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/24/8469209-perry-brings-aboard-gop-heavy-hitters-going-up-with-ads-in-iowa
progressoverpeace commented:
retire05 commented:
progressiveoverpeace, there are no limits on this blog as to how many words you are allowed to use in a response.
There are limits to the amount of typing I’m going to do for a blog comment. There was nothing wrong with what I wrote. Mexico has had a national policy of helping and encouraging anyone and everyone to criminally violate our borders and squat in our country. Mexico had the unmitigated gall to actually sue one of our states for our own enforcement of our own laws on our sovereign territory (Barky should be impeached for his part of that whole scene) … and the Mexican president actually came to our Congress and bad mouthed the US. The Mexican president?!? For that, they can be sent ALL the illegals and deal with them. And the punishment for the non-Mexican illegals is to be stuck in Mexico, especially in a Mexican hospital. You don’t get to break into the US and then dictate where you are shipped to.
BTW, it’s “progress”, not “progressive”. Were you reading my comment the same way you were reading my screename?
Scott commented:
The Romney hate is strong here Jim…I hope you know what you are doing. What’s plan B? Cain, Perry, or will Palin swoop in to steal the nomination in a floor vote at the convention…Pretty sure the pizza man is a good man but he has already hit a wall with the 999 plan, i.e. he’s already making concessions for the poor. Well, that’s why we have 48% paying no federal income taxes now because we keep making concessions for the poor…Now Perry. He doesn’t seem to be quick enough on his feet to impress most Republicans. How do you think he is going to impress democrats? And Palin, I won’t even go there…Let’s just say that her name is used often for rhetorical effect…Again, what’s plan B because the Romney trashing is having an effect with conservative bloggers which will spread to the general public.
Vicky Hernandez commented:
OK, now. Why didn’t any of the other GOP candidates bring this up during last week’s CNN debate? What in the aych ee el el were the candidate’s staffs doing instead of scouring RomneyCare for all it’s flaws?
Hmm… Oh, I know! They were probably spending donor’s hard-earned money at Voyuer, instead!
For this big oversight heads should roll. Cain, Gingrich, Bachmann, et. al., should fire their staffers. Never mind about Bachmann; her staffers quit.
Reliapundit commented:
WHOA.
FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES ALL HOSPITALS THAT GET MEDICARE OR MEDICAID OLLARS MUST TAKE ALL PATIENTS AND CAN’T ASK STATUS.
THISD HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ROMNEY OR ROMNEYCARE.
ROMNEYCARE WASS 2 YEARS OLD WHEN RUSH AND LEVIN ENDORSED MITT IN 2008.
SO ALL YOU FOLKS SHOULD TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND CHILL.
Ginger commented:
Mr. Cain is a business man and not a polished politican give him a break and stop fretting about his every word! He is a “We the People” person.
What I would wish is for Sarah Palin and Mr. Trump to come out now and support Mr. Cain before the evil corrupted ones tare him down.
Liz commented:
This is the lame Perry camp lashing out because they got caught red-handed trying to fill Texas with cheap illegal labor. Romney set up his program for legal commonwealth folks. This piece is intellectually dishonest, just like Perry’s attack at the debate that Romney’s lawn is the biggest single magnet for illegal immigration in the US of A. Duh. Animal husbandry major.
Scott commented:
Romneycare…Let’s see. I would like to see all 50 states put their plans in place. The best models will become clear and other states can follow. This is Federalism folks…What we have now is top down planning from 536 idiots in Washington. If Romneycare sucks, then the people of Mass can demand a repeal…Sometimes you have to go ready, fire, aim…Get something going to see what works. Henry Ford once said, “the quickest way to success is to increase your failure rate.” Give Romneycare a rest, we got it! Where do we go from here to get the cross-dressing islamic communist out of the Whitehouse?
bg commented:
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Scott #51 October 24, 2011 at 5:40 pm
October 24, 2011
GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain here
raising money, explaining 9-9-9 plan
[Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, in Chicago Monday for a series of fund-raisers, claimed nothing had changed in his signature 9-9-9 economic plan despite his campaign recently touting a 9-0-9 option for America’s poor.
“Listen carefully — 9-9-9 has always been the plan and if they read the analysis we always had a provision in terms of dollars for those at or below the poverty line,” Cain said after leaving a lunchtime event at Morton’s The Steakhouse, where tickets cost a minimum of $500. “It is not a new addition to 9-9-9. People simply didn’t read the analysis.”]
Amen Herman..
it’s a “sound bite” world these days..
seems like fewer & fewer people seem to really know what they’re
talking about beyond whata quiptic headline suggests.. *sigh*
Could Herman Cain’s ’999′ Tax Plan Really Work?
Paul Ryan ‘loves’ the idea of Herman Cain’s tax plan
Art Laffer: Herman Cain’s “9-9-9 Is A Wonderful Plan”
who knows what’s what anymore.. all know is Herman Cain is an
honest man who not only admits to having made mistakes, but in
hindsight, explains why he made them..
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paz commented:
Stop backing these globalist puppets like Romney, Perry, and Cain and support the only TRUE Conservative that is Dr. Ron Paul.
bg commented:
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paz #58 October 24, 2011 at 7:40 pm
Cain, a globalist??
ROTFLMBO!!
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Molon Labe commented:
Shouldn’t Romney have a photo op of himself in a tankers helemet and in the uturret of an Abhrams to prove what a tough, serious, and honest candidate he is.
General Washington commented:
STOP SOETORO AND ROMNEY NOW! BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!