Who are you gonna believe? Your republican senator/congressman/”news” outlet who had to come clean that they are an entertainment company and not a news company even if it is in their company name? Those who would lie to you to gain imaginary political favor with their king?
Or your own eyes as you read the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (PQRWORA) that states that undocumented immigrants and those immigrants without permanent status like DACA recipients, temporary protected status (TPS) holders, or nonimmigrant visa holder are BARRED from access to most federal benefits, including health care programs and assistance, including Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). This is taken verbatim from the Immigrant Migration Forum. And a check of healthcare.gov states that people in the groups that can get coverage are United States Citizens, U.S. nationals, lawfully present immigrant.
Oh, you’re being hung up on the word immigrant and ignoring the lawfully present part. These are the people with green cards. According to HealthCare.gov lawfully present people are people who have qualified non-citizen immigration status, humanitarian status, valid non-immigrant visas, legal status conferred by other laws.
To hear that “news” program call it the current government shutdown is caused by Democrats who want to extend medical care such as Medicaid to all the groups who don’t qualify for government health care assistance.
This is a fucking, disgusting lie.
The Democrats want the ACA tax credits that made healthcare affordable for millions of LEGAL AMERICANS to be extended. Without the tax credits the cost of healthcare will double at a minimum for those who are cannot afford it. This has a trickle down affect on anyone else’s health insurance rates to go up as well.
I am going to hold your hand when I tell you that it is a good thing for people to have health insurance.
People who don’t have health insurance don’t get regular check ups or preventative health care.
People who don’t have health insurance use the emergency room as their primary care doctor.
Without it, ERs will be over-run, more than they already are. People will ignore symptoms until they cannot be ignored anymore, far longer than what would have happened if they had access to healthcare. The patients in the hospital will be sicker. The patients in the operating rooms will be sicker.
This is because of another federal rule known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). This act mandated that anyone who presented to an emergency room be treated. End of story. Because of this act, the ER does not care if you are female, non-binary, male, immigrant, naturalized citizen, citizen, everyone must be treated.
But what do I know?
I’ve just been training in how to research for 10 years (through the BSN, MSN, and now PhD). I’m just a nurse who has over 24 years experience.
I’m just a woman who gives a damn.
Do those who you are listening to you care about you? Or do they care about lying to you? Consider that.
Dispatches from the Evening Shift 