Hey guys, were any of you planning on attending tomorrow's "amnesty so we can have Obamacare, too" rally at the National Mall? Don't worry, it will NOT be impacted by the government SHUTDOWN.
Well, let's hope they get Obamacare so we can stop paying for their trips to the ER.
Right on. Then "Obamacare" will pay for it instead of us!
And if Obamacare can pay for everyone's healthcare, can't it pony up a little more to pay off a few trillion of our debt? Come on Obamacare, don't be stingy.
No, they would be paying for it themselves or getting fined, just like us.
Right. Except for the massive subsidies being provided to purchase said policies. "Obamacare" will pay for those, though, so no worries!
At least they will pay something. How is that not better than the alternative where they just show up at the ER for "charity" care?
Unless Obamacare and legalization causes them to consume more healthcare than they already do (likely), and this then drives up premiums for everyone else, in addition to footing the bill for the subsidies. Yes, adding 15-30 million mostly poor to our already crumbling entitlement system sounds like a marvelous idea!
Well, if everyone would just follow my lead and never go to the doctor for any reason (go to the dentist and optometrist of course), then health care costs would be pretty low. I'm not going to get mad about a bunch of hard working people who contribute a great deal to our society getting a method of taking care of themselves that is affordable to them, though.
Wait, didn't you just say that the ER was even more affordable to them? As in, "free" to them? So let's please not pretend this is about affordability for the illegal immigrants. As you note, to the extent many of them purchase insurance, they may actually pay more under Obamacare. The difference is that we'll also likely pay more, through subsidies and higher premiums, than we already did under the "charity" model.