If you don't want to pay for illegal immigrants and their healthcare needs then you are probably a fearful xenophobic white person. How dare you care about Americans over others! So you say you only want to pay for US Citizens and not Undocumented people??? How racist! This is just a sneak preview of things to come. I can't wait for dems to roll this out nationwide! When you have Open Borders you need Open Healthcare (c) 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/nyregion/de-blasio-health-care-plan.html By J. David Goodman Jan. 8, 2019 New York City will spend at least $100 million to ensure that undocumented immigrants and others who cannot qualify for insurance can receive medical treatment, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Tuesday, seeking to insert a city policy into two contentious national debates. The mayor has styled himself, in his 2017 re-election campaign and during his second term, as a progressive leader on issues like education and health care, and as a bulwark against the policies of President Trump, particularly on immigration. In making the announcement, first on national television, Mr. de Blasio appeared to be trying to heighten that contrast and thrust his efforts on behalf of undocumented New Yorkers into the national debate over immigration, hours before Mr. Trump was to go on television Tuesday night to make his case for a border wall. “Everyone is guaranteed the right to health care, everyone,” Mr. de Blasio said during a news conference at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx. “We are saying the word guarantee because we can make it happen.” “We were only covering them in the sense that they could go to the emergency room,” the mayor said. “It was not a way to live.” The announcement came as proponents of universal health care coverage have increasingly looked to local governments, rather than Congress, to make meaningful progress in the short term. Also on Tuesday, Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington said he would seek to create a public option in the state. A day before, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, on his first day in office, announced his plan to move toward a single-payer system for that state. As mayor of San Francisco, Mr. Newsom oversaw the creation of a health care system in that city in 2007. The top health official who created the San Francisco program, Mitchell H. Katz, is now the head of New York City’s hospital system and will oversee the city’s effort, branded as NYC Care. “It’s a much bigger and more compassionate vision,” said Mr. Katz, comparing New York’s proposed program to the much smaller one in San Francisco. The mayor was quick to say that the plan would not be a substitute for any universal health care at the state level or a national single-payer plan. But, aides said, it was something the city could do immediately and on its own, without approval from the State Legislature, which is weighing some form of universal health insurance for New York State. Indeed, the mayor’s proposal is a mix of insurance and direct spending, and Mr. de Blasio said it would take about two years to get it fully running. The city already has a kind of public option for health insurance for low-income New Yorkers, through an insurance plan run by city hospitals known as MetroPlus. The new proposal would improve that coverage, which already insures some 516,000 people, and aim to reach more of those who are eligible, such as the young and uninsured, and others who qualify but have not applied. It would also provide additional direct city spending, at least $100 million per year when fully implemented, officials said, for the city’s hospital system to support care for those without insurance. The city estimates the uninsured population to be about 600,000 people, including as many as 300,000 undocumented residents. A major component of that effort would be improving customer service, including the phone line, to help those with questions about their care. Part of the goal of NYC Care, aides to the mayor said, was to direct people to medical care earlier — before they seek more expensive services in an emergency room — while providing them with better health care. The effort is also aimed at getting some of the so-called young-and-invincible uninsured population into the health care system, either through the city’s insurance plan or through its hospital system. according to the city’s Independent Budget Office. Melanie Hartzog, the city’s budget director, took issue with those figures during the news conference. She said that the hospital system — which has received significant infusions of city money during the de Blasio administration — was now in “a very cash-strong position.” She said more details would be provided during a forthcoming budget briefing. Advocates for immigrants and health care analysts were encouraged by the plan, even if many were still looking to Albany, where debate over health care is likely to consume the coming months. “We hope it is a step toward making larger changes at the state level,” said Rebecca Telzak, director of health programs at Make the Road New York, an immigrant advocacy group supportive of the mayor’s plan. “Ending here is not enough.”
oh look, New Yorkers spending their money wisely while rednecks vote to export "freedom" through warfare
Advertising free healthcare for illegal immigrants is one of the stupidest things I have ever heard of. If you think this is a good idea and live in New York, please don't move to Florida. Thanks in advance.
Both DeCrockio and Gavin Newsom are positioning themselves for the lefty tickets. Moreso for 2024. Although DeCrockio would take a position in the next administration if a "progressive" is elected although he is probably set where he is. If you are a progressive mayor with a progressive in the white house- LOTS AND LOTS OF FREE STUFF GONNA COME YOUR WAY. In the meantime they need to give away lots of free stuff at their level and work to erase any differences between citizens and illegals in order to keep their progressive creds up.
So very strange that "obamagolfcount.com" comes back with a "no site" error. You mean no one counted or tracked that amount? Huh....go figure.
Anyone have a pencil? What is $100,000,000/600,000? And where can I get that type of coverage at that price?