Listen Up, Congress: American Majority (83%) Says ‘NO’ to Illegal Aliens Getting Free Gov’t Health Care
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on September 8, 2009
ObamaCare debates continue to wage and rage, but a vast majority of American voters are in agreement, per Rasmussen Reports, that being an American citizen should be mandatory to receive government (i.e., taxpayer funded) health care aid.
A whopping 83% say proof of American citizenship should be required for anyone to receive free health care from the government.
Are you paying attention, Congress?
From Rasmussen Reports, September 7, 2009:
83% Say Proof of Citizenship Should Be Required to Get Government Health Aid
The health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats contains many controversial items that divide the general public. However, one area of consensus among the public is the desire to restrict government health care benefits to U.S. citizens only.
Eighty-three percent (83%) of voters nationwide say that people should be required to prove they are a citizen of the United States before receiving government health care subsidies. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 12% disagree and five percent (5%) are not sure.
The desire to limit the benefits to U.S. citizens is found across demographic and partisan lines. It is held by 95% of Republicans, 70% of Democrats and 87% of those not affiliated with either major party. It is favored by nine-out-of-10 conservatives and moderates, along with 56% of those who consider themselves politically liberal. But 32% of liberals hold the opposite view.
There is a dispute as to whether or not the current proposals before Congress would allow illegal immigrants to receive benefits. Advocates of the congressional plan point to language saying that those in the country illegally are not covered. However, others note that there is no enforcement mechanism or requirement to check for citizenship.
No update that I can locate on the anti-ObamaCare ad blackout implemented by ABC and NBC being rescinded, so it appears that those two TV networks are still refusing to air the League of American Voters’ public service announcement.
More health care reading:
Philip Klein, American Spectator: Don’t Believe The Hype and Dems Failed to Move Ball in August
Pundit & Pundette: What do 83% of Americans agree on?
Patterico’s Pontifications: Obama Implies Illegals Will Be Covered by His Health Care Plan
FOX News: ABC, NBC Won’t Air Ad Critical of Obama’s Health Care Plan
Pundit & Pundette: Boycott ABC: Sponsor list
Examiner.com: Anti-ObamaCare ad that ABC and NBC refused to Air
Big X, Big Hollywood: Debunking the Great Debunker: ObamaCare Covers Illegals
Behind Blue Lines: Does the Government Own Our Bodies?
League of American Voters: Watch the New TV Ad Exposing The Obama Health Care Takeover
What If?: Probably Too Dumb to Vote, Too
RedState: The U.S. Constitution and Health Care Control
Federalist Fred Thompson Blog: “Spread the Wealth” Hidden in Health-Care Reform
Marginal Revolution: Our health care intuitions, or death panels for astronauts
VotingFemale Speaks!: Socialists Fall on Own Sword; ObamaCare V1.0 is Dead On Arrival
Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post: Obamacare: The Only Exit Strategy
Liberty’s Army: Forecasting Death in the UK: Fasttrack to Death with the NHS Pathway Policy
Jane Q. Republican: The British NHS: The Healthcare Might Kill You…But It’s Free!
Frugal Café Blog Zone: Death in the NHS Lane: Terminally Ill People Are Erroneously Sentenced to Die Early by “Death Panels” in UK and UK Health Care Scandal Breaking: Neglectful, Cruel Treatment of 1 Million Patients Reported and “Audacious Child Exploitation Award”: Sleazy Dems Ramming ObamaCare at Kennedy’s Funeral (video) and AARP Losing Memberships: Seniors and Military Vets Oppose Socialized ObamaCare, Glenn Beck Interviews AARP Rep (video)
Chicks On The Right: Never Waste A Good Crisis….Um, I Mean Funeral
Michelle Malkin: Union politicking at the pulpit and Cone of Shame Award: MSNB-see-only-what-we-want-you-to-see
NewsBusters: ABC ObamaCare Special Turns Into Presidential Filibuster
Hit & Run, Reason Magazine: New at Reason: Steve Chapman on the Truth About Health Care and Infant Mortality
Ztower: It’s Not About Your Health, Nitwit! It’s About President Obama’s Legacy. Now Get Out Of The Way!
Lisaintx’s Blog: Born to be Free
Michael D. Tanner, Cato @ Liberty: Co-ops: A ‘Public Option’ By Another Name
Patterico’s Pontifications: Deceiver.com on Pelosi and Obama: Goal Is to Eliminate Private Health Insurance
Sharp Right Turn: White House tries to intimidate on healthcare opposition
Wall Street Journal: Pull the Plug on ObamaCare
Heritage Foundation: The Public Health Care Plan: What Seems to Be the Problem?
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