Friday, February 26, 2010

The Massachusetts Model: Insuring the Casualties of Empire

If we had single-payer none of this would be necessary, American.

And MAYBE less money could go to the WARS that CREATE these people!

"The 30,000 immigrants affected have “special status’’ in the immigration system and have been in the country less than five years. Many are seeking asylum from war-ravaged regions, such as Iraq, Somalia, and the Sudan."

Yes, the COSTS of EMPIRE are more than you can even imagine, Bay-Staters!


The lies sure are worth it, aren't they?


"Immigrants sue state over exclusion from health care; Commonwealth Care program faced budget cutback last year" by Kay Lazar, Globe Staff | February 26, 2010

Massachusetts’ exclusion of thousands of legal immigrants from state-subsidized health coverage is unconstitutional and should be struck down by the courts, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday by several of the affected immigrants....

That the direction you want your national model to go in, America?

“You can’t violate people’s constitutional rights just because you don’t have the funds,’’ said Matt Selig, executive director of Health Law Advocates, a Boston-based public interest law firm that is assisting the immigrants....

Wanna bet? This is Massachusetts.

Related: The State of Massachusetts is Mentally Ill

Massachusetts Justice: Plenty of Money For Prisons

(Blog editor shakes his head at his allegedly liberal Democrat government)

8,000 more legal immigrants became eligible but have been denied coverage in the plans because the Legislature capped enrollment when it voted last summer.

Among those unable to get coverage is Dorothy Ann Finch of Boston, a 51-year-old immigrant from Zimbabwe with college degrees in psychology and business management, who was a project manager in London before immigrating to the United States in 2006, according to the lawsuit.

Finch was not offered health insurance by her employer here, the suit says, because she worked part time....

She is a diabetic who suffers from oral health infections, vision loss, and kidney and heart problems, according to the suit, and she has been unable to afford other insurance....

Yeah, so come here and further burden our system while scooping up a job.

If it were not for the whole New World Order agenda behind it I wouldn't even care, but....

Btw, when was the last time the Globe bothered with Zimbabwe, 'eh?

The lawsuit estimates that the Commonwealth has saved more than $80 million by cutting the immigrants’ health coverage.

How many trillions did the bank looting and wars cost?

Lawmakers have said they were reluctant to cut immigrants’ coverage, but made the choice because they are more expensive for the state to insure: The federal government does not chip in for their care the way it does for others who are US citizens....

Yeah, get used to that, states, as you care for their war refugees.

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Also see The Massachusetts Model: Tax-Exempt Memory Hole and links within for more on the health system.

See
The Massachusetts State Budget and related links within to see where the tax loot is coming from and where it is going.