DNC Chair Tom Perez backs government health care benefits for illegal immigrantshttps://t.co/RgAD52JGDY pic.twitter.com/mNKZLF7EPv
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Digging the hole deeper.
Via Townhall:
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez appeared on “Fox News Sunday.” During the discussion with Chris Wallace, the issue of providing health care to illegal aliens came up.
“Every person on that stage – all 10 of them – said that they would provide health insurance coverage for people in this country illegally, either under Obamacare or Medicare For All, whichever they supported,” Wallace said. “No talk about preexisting conditions, you gotta be working in this country. No talk about you gotta be paying in taxes. The basic point was that you’re in this country legally or illegally, you get health insurance coverage.”
Naturally, Perez defended Democrats’ position.
“And it’s an insurance program, so you’ve got to pay into it. As you know, immigrants, including undocumented immigrants, pay billions of dollars in taxes and that’s the reality,” Perez explained. “What Democrats also said, Chris, which is far different than Republicans, is that if you have a preexisting condition you should be able to keep your coverage. Democrats believe health care should be available. Affordable, quality health care should be available to everyone. And, thanks to Obama, thanks to LBJ, Medicare and Medicaid, we’re 90 percent of the way there.”