[lit-ideas] Re: Immigration
- From: Carol Kirschenbaum <carolkir@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 21:41:33 -0800
Eric wrote:
> I learned:
> Illegals get into the health system easily. A chronic problem like
> diabetes is a shoe-in.
ck: I think your doctor friend was referring to healthcare for women with
children who are under age 18. Yes, if they're very poor, they qualify for
Medicaid/Medicare. Which is a great reason for poor women to keep having
babies. Which keeps them from going back to school and earning more
(ostensibly). Which is why Clinton pushed through that Welfare reform--which
mandates that even women with children must go to work within 18 months of
their last child's birth. Which is why women keep having more babies...
No accusations, believe me. I don't see why any 18 year-old mother of two
would willingly work for $6/hr, sans benefits. That's the option, in most
cases. I was working with the Welfare-to-Work program--a transitional
program--last year. It's a hard one to sell, I'll tellya.
But were any of my clients Hispanic illegals? I wouldn't know. It's illegal
to ask!
Carol
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