Do you remember that congressman from South Carolina who yelled “You lie” at President Obama during the State of the Union address? It was in response to the President telling Congress that undocumented workers would not be covered under the new health care law.
Go from the abstract to the particular--to a guy in San Francisco named Carlos who has cancer. He has no proof of citizenship, so he doesn’t get treatment. He dies at age 50 because no medical establishment will do the necessary procedures. Perhaps he should consider himself lucky--50 is one year longer than the life expectancy of migrant laborers in the U.S. You can read about Carlos in today’s New York Times at <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/health/views/02cases.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Sanjay%20Basu&st=cse>.
I know, I know. What part of illegal didn’t Carlos understand?
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